What does safety mean?
Definitions for safety
ˈseɪf tisafe·ty
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word safety.
Princeton's WordNet
safety(noun)
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, refuge(noun)
a safe place
"He ran to safety"
guard, safety, safety device(noun)
a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
base hit, safety(noun)
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic(noun)
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
safety(noun)
a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
GCIDE
Safety(n.)
(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.
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Wiktionary
safety(Noun)
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
Etymology: From sauveté, from an earlier salvetet, from salvitatem, from salvus.
safety(Noun)
A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
Etymology: From sauveté, from an earlier salvetet, from salvitatem, from salvus.
safety(Noun)
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.
Etymology: From sauveté, from an earlier salvetet, from salvitatem, from salvus.
safety(Noun)
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.
Webster Dictionary
Safety(noun)
the condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Safety(noun)
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
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Safety(noun)
preservation from escape; close custody
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Safety(noun)
same as Safety touchdown, below
Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]
Freebase
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
Our mission is clear: we want to prevent carjackings and cars from being stolen to strengthen community safety, as a challenge facing communities across the state, we are seeking to use the laws better and more effectively to give victims a better chance to get justice in court.
Wherever we can, we will look at the safety mission first and foremost, but you know what will happen is that more of the routine work and more of the day-to-day review work will slow down, a lot of it slowed down already.
To ensure the absolute safety of rations, rice production must be stabilized, and in particular the area of ??double-season rice cannot continue to decline.
Once again Amazon workers have won another fight in their effort to win a union voice. Amazon's blatant disregard for the health and safety of its own workforce was demonstrated yet again by its insistence for an in-person election in the middle of the pandemic, today's decision proves that it's long past time that Amazon start respecting its own employees ; and allow them to cast their votes without intimidation and interference.
The Constitution gives the people of California, not the Trump Administration, the power to decide how we will provide for our public safety and general welfare. California's laws work in concert -- not conflict -- with federal law.
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Translations for safety
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- sekuriteitAfrikaans
- سَلَامَة, أَمْن, أَمَانَةArabic
- təhlükəsizlikAzerbaijani
- бяспе́каBelarusian
- безопа́сностBulgarian
- নিরাপত্তাBengali
- seguretatCatalan, Valencian
- bezpečí, bezpečnost, pojistkaCzech
- sikkerhed, sikringDanish
- Gefahrlosigkeit, SicherheitGerman
- ασφάλειαGreek
- seguridad, seguro, la seguridadSpanish
- ohutusEstonian
- ایمنی, امنیتPersian
- varmistin, turvallisuus, turvaFinnish
- sécurité, sûretéFrench
- tearmannIrish
- sàbhailteachdScottish Gaelic
- בִּטָחוֹן, בְּטִיחוּת, נצרהHebrew
- सुरक्षा, सेफ्टीHindi
- biztonságHungarian
- ապահովությունArmenian
- keamanan, keselamatanIndonesian
- öryggiIcelandic
- sicurezzaItalian
- בְּטִיחוּתHebrew
- 安全, 安全性, 安全装置Japanese
- დაცულობა, უსაფრთხოებაGeorgian
- қауіпсіздікKazakh
- សន្តិសុខ, និរន្តរាយKhmer
- 안전Korean
- коопсуздукKyrgyz
- salutemLatin
- ຄວາມປອດໄພLao
- saugumasLithuanian
- drošībaLatvian
- бе́збедност, си́гурностMacedonian
- аюулгүй байдалMongolian
- keselamatanMalay
- sigurtàMaltese
- sikkerhetNorwegian
- zekerheid, veiligheid, veiligheidspalDutch
- bezpieczeństwo, zabezpieczeniePolish
- segurançaPortuguese
- siguranță, securitateRomanian
- предохрани́тель, безопа́сность, сохра́нность, безопасностьRussian
- सुरक्षाSanskrit
- сигурност, sigurnostSerbo-Croatian
- bezpečie, bezpečnosťSlovak
- varnostSlovene
- siguriAlbanian
- säkerhetSwedish
- பாதுகாப்புTamil
- амният, бехатарӣTajik
- ความปลอดภัยThai
- ygtybarlylykTurkmen
- güvenlikTurkish
- безпе́каUkrainian
- زامن, حفاظتUrdu
- xavfsizlik, bexatarlik, taʻminotUzbek
- an toànVietnamese
- 安全Chinese
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