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safe
adjective (PARLIAMENT) /seɪf/Definition
› If an official position in parliament is safe, it is likely to be won by the political party that has won it at previous elections: a safe Conservative seatElections safeness
/ˈseɪf.nəs/ noun [U] › I'm a bit worried about the safeness of this machine for (= whether this machine will cause any danger to) children.Safe and secure
(Definition of safe adjective (PARLIAMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Elections
Synonyms and related words:
- absentee ballot noun
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- abstain verb (NOT VOTE)
- abstention noun (NOT VOTING)
- aye noun
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