Meaning of safety in English

safety
noun [ U ]
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/ˈseɪf.ti/ us

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/ˈseɪf.ti/
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a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or at risk:
For your (comfort and) safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during the flight.
Reporters may enter the danger zone but unfortunately we cannot guarantee/assure their safety.
The crew of the ship were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.
As the gunman opened fire, they all ran/dived for safety behind the trees.
Police are concerned for the safety of (= think that something bad might have happened to) the five-year-old.
He was led to a place of safety (= somewhere he would not be in danger, especially of being found and harmed).
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safety first
there's safety in numbers
(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

safety | American Dictionary

safety
noun [ U ]
us

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/ˈseɪf·ti/
the condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous:
For your safety, keep your seat belt securely fastened.
Fire officials worry about the safety of those heaters.
(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

safety | Business English

safety
noun [ U ]
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the state of being protected from danger or harm:
You have a right to be protected against anything that can affect your safety.
public/passenger/consumer safety
the condition of not being likely to cause damage or harm:
the safety of sth Many people are wondering about the safety of some food imports.
food/drug/product safety
fire safety
Apart from this one incident, the company has an excellent safety record.
used before a noun to describe equipment, rules, etc. that are designed to keep people from being harmed:
safety glasses
The company is now a world leader in car safety seats.
The iron's best safety feature is that it shuts off automatically.
The building is not compliant with the new safety standards.
The law requires a certificate showing that the latest safety tests have been carried out.
safety procedures.
 air/workplace/mine, etc. safety
the fact of keeping people safe in a particular place:
Fletcher is an independent mine safety consultant in New Zealand.
We always make air safety our first priority.

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health and safety
margin of safety
(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of safety

safety
Would it not be better for safety's sake to accept the amendment?
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In view of these considerations, it is indeed necessary to conduct tests for safety's sake.
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In my view, there are certain safeties to which we should address ourselves.
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Such work should be well planned, for safety's sake.
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Even those definitions have for safety's sake been drawn on the wide side, including too much rather than too little.
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Will he, for safety's sake, see that this type of water is available in respect of certain kidney diseases?
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A great deal of that money of theirs, for safety's sake has to be in fixed interest securities, which nowadays bring in a low return.
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We decided to go ahead anyway, for safety's sake.
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They have paid for these assets themselves, with their own money, and for safety's sake have deposited these properties in this country.
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In cases of doubt it is often the practice of authorities to register the item for safety's sake.
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Should not the council have the authority at least to fence them in for safety's sake and charge the cost to the freeholder?
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He may be put to additional expenditure through feeling that, for safety's sake, he should stop the development as soon as the enforcement notice is served.
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They should go to the homes of people who have been told that, for safety's sake, they must leave the home in which they have lived all their lives.
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They are quite right in trying to do what they can for safety's sake, but there is an equally strong argument for doing it with larger motorcycles for safety's sake.
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We can only give priority of safeties.
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Collocations with safety

safety

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adequate safety
If the drug combination demonstrated adequate safety (described below), then continued enrollment would occur.
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aviation safety
At the same time, however, we must also help third countries improve their civil aviation safety standards.
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consumer safety
Even if our respective approaches to economic and regulatory issues remain different, consumer safety and data protection illustrate this.
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Translations of safety

in Chinese (Traditional)
安全，平安…
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安全，平安…
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in Spanish
seguridad, seguridad [feminine, singular]…
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segurança, segurança [feminine]…
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安全, 無事…
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güvenlik, emniyet, güvenlilik…
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sécurité [feminine], sûreté [feminine], (de) sécurité…
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seguretat…
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أمان…
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bezpečnost(ní)…
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sikkerhed, sikkerheds-…
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keselamatan…
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ความปลอดภัย…
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sự an toàn…
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bezpieczeństwo…
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keselamatan…
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die Sicherheit, Sicherheits-…
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trygghet [masculine], sikkerhet [masculine], sikkerhet…
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안전…
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безпечність, безпека…
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sicurezza, di sicurezza…
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безопасность…
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