What does safety mean?
Definitions for safety
ˈseɪf tisafe·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word safety.
Princeton's WordNet
safetynoun
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
"insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"
safety, refugenoun
a safe place
"He ran to safety"
guard, safety, safety devicenoun
a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
base hit, safetynoun
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticnoun
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
safetynoun
a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
GCIDE
Safetynoun
(Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below.
Wiktionary
safetynoun
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
safetynoun
A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
safetynoun
An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or steps out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points for the opposite team.
He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.
safetynoun
Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.
Etymology: From sauveté, from an earlier salvetet, from salvitatem, from salvus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Safetynoun
Etymology: from safe.
To that dauntless temper of his mind,
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.If her acts have been directed well,
While with her friendly clay she deign’d to dwell,
Shall she with safety reach her pristine seat,
Find her rest endless, and her bliss complete? Matthew Prior.Let not my jealousies be your dishonours,
But mine own safeties: you may be rightly just,
Whatever I shall think. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Imprison him;
Deliver him to safety, and return. William Shakespeare, King John.
Wikipedia
SAFETY
The Internet Safety Act and the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (acronymized SAFETY) were two United States bills introduced in 2009 requiring "a provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service [to] retain for a period of at least two years all records or other information pertaining to the identity of a user of a dynamic IP address the service assigns to that user."Neither bill was passed by Congress.
ChatGPT
safety
Safety is a state or condition of being protected from harm, danger, risk, or injury. It involves taking necessary measures and precautions to prevent accidents or any undesirable situations. This can apply to various contexts including physical, mental, emotional, or environmental safety.
Webster Dictionary
Safetynoun
the condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss
Safetynoun
freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc
Safetynoun
preservation from escape; close custody
Safetynoun
same as Safety touchdown, below
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Wikidata
Safety
Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Safety
Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1229
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1099
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Nouns Frequency: #554
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of safety in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of safety in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of safety in a Sentence
What one says as a businessman who has not had TS/SCI clearance and sat in the situation room, or what one says on the campaign trail in a politically charged environment for a year, is incredibly different to the perspective you may have after you take on the mantle of the commander-in-chief, and you are the person responsible for the safety of all Americans, that's what experience tells us, and to judge based on statements they made when they were not in that position of responsibility.
Illicit drug and firearms sales have no place on our platform. We remove content and accounts that violate our policy and catch over 97 % of drug sale content and over 93 % of the firearms sales content we remove before it is reported to us, we've had productive conversations with Mayor( Lori) Lightfoot's office about promoting public safety in Chicago and look forward to continuing them. We remain ready to quickly respond to valid legal process from the Chicago Police Department in order to prosecute those who break the law and refer any matters involving credible threats to prevent harm.
She was saying verbally, ‘ My dog is in here, no, this is my dog. ’ The flight attendant, in response, really just continued to ask her to put it above because it was a hazard where it was, it was a safety emergency, someone could trip.
What often gets lost in the rhetoric is that these families that are leaving are fleeing violence. These parents are seeking safety for their children and their family, and when we talk about people making this kind of journey, they are doing this and everything they can do to protect health and safety.
We're going to have to figure that out tonight, it's awkward for those of us who have to commute, but I understand they need to do what they need to do for our safety.
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- sekuriteitAfrikaans
- أَمَانَة, سَلَامَة, أَمْنArabic
- təhlükəsizlikAzerbaijani
- бяспе́каBelarusian
- безопа́сностBulgarian
- নিরাপত্তাBengali
- seguretatCatalan, Valencian
- pojistka, bezpečnost, bezpečíCzech
- sikkerhed, sikringDanish
- Sicherheit, GefahrlosigkeitGerman
- ασφάλειαGreek
- sekurecoEsperanto
- la seguridad, seguro, seguridadSpanish
- ohutusEstonian
- امنیت, ایمنیPersian
- turvallisuus, turva, varmistinFinnish
- sécurité, sûretéFrench
- tearmannIrish
- sàbhailteachdScottish Gaelic
- בִּטָחוֹן, נצרה, בְּטִיחוּתHebrew
- सुरक्षा, सेफ्टीHindi
- biztonságHungarian
- ապահովությունArmenian
- keamanan, keselamatanIndonesian
- öryggiIcelandic
- sicurezzaItalian
- בְּטִיחוּתHebrew
- 安全装置, 安全, 安全性Japanese
- დაცულობა, უსაფრთხოებაGeorgian
- қауіпсіздікKazakh
- សន្តិសុខ, និរន្តរាយKhmer
- ಸುರಕ್ಷತೆKannada
- 안전Korean
- коопсуздукKyrgyz
- salutemLatin
- ຄວາມປອດໄພLao
- saugumasLithuanian
- drošībaLatvian
- си́гурност, бе́збедностMacedonian
- аюулгүй байдалMongolian
- keselamatanMalay
- sigurtàMaltese
- sikkerhetNorwegian
- veiligheidspal, veiligheid, zekerheidDutch
- zabezpieczenie, bezpieczeństwoPolish
- segurançaPortuguese
- securitate, siguranțăRomanian
- предохрани́тель, безопасность, безопа́сность, сохра́нностьRussian
- सुरक्षाSanskrit
- сигурност, sigurnostSerbo-Croatian
- bezpečie, bezpečnosťSlovak
- varnostSlovene
- siguriAlbanian
- säkerhetSwedish
- பாதுகாப்புTamil
- бехатарӣ, амниятTajik
- ความปลอดภัยThai
- ygtybarlylykTurkmen
- güvenlikTurkish
- безпе́каUkrainian
- حفاظت, زامنUrdu
- taʻminot, bexatarlik, xavfsizlikUzbek
- an toànVietnamese
- 安全Chinese
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