Definitions for safety
ˈseɪf tisafe·ty

Princeton's WordNet(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. safety, refugenoun

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

3. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

   a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

4. base hit, safetynoun

   (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

5. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticnoun

   contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

6. safetynoun

   a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line

GCIDE(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. safetynoun

   The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

   If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.

2. safetynoun

   A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.

   Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Etymology: From sauveté, from an earlier salvetet, from salvitatem, from salvus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Safetynoun

   Etymology: from safe.

   1. Freedom from danger.

   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.

   2. Exemption from hurt.3. Preservation from hurt.

   Let not my jealousies be your dishonours,
   But mine own safeties: you may be rightly just,
   Whatever I shall think. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   4. Custody; security from escape.

   Imprison him;
   Deliver him to safety, and return. William Shakespeare, King John.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Safetynoun

   the condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss

2. 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

3. Safetynoun

   preservation from escape; close custody

4. Safetynoun

   same as Safety touchdown, below

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. sauvet.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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1. safety

   The safety symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the safety symbol and its characteristic.

Matched Categories

1. • American Football
   • Area
   • Baseball
   • Condition
   • Contraceptive
   • Device
   • Hit
   • Score

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1229

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1099

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'safety' in Nouns Frequency: #554

How to pronounce safety?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say safety in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of safety in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of safety in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of safety in a Sentence

1. James Campbell:

   COVID-19 has exposed the cost of this systemic lack of safeguards for the health, safety and wellbeing of health workers. In the first 18 months of the pandemic, about 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19, sickness absence and exhaustion exacerbated pre-existing shortages of health workers and undermined the capacities of health systems to respond to the increased demand for care and prevention during the crisis.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   If this is about money, then I'm not going to be supporting it, if this is about acknowledging our failure on the war on drugs and protecting our kids and public safety, then I'm going to be enthusiastically supportive of it.

3. Susan Collins:

   One has to question what has happened to (the FAA's safety) commitment - whether resource shortages have caused the agency to be too deferential to the aircraft manufacturer and whether it is really wise in the case of Boeing to have allowed the company to certify 96% of its own work.

4. Sepi Shyne:

   The safety of our residents and businesses has always been a top priority for my colleagues and I, monday night, we took action to redistribute our public safety funds in a way that makes sense for our community's needs and in fact adds over 26 new positions to our re-imagined public safety team plus full supplemental reserve funding for LASD.

5. Patrick Raglow:

   I see this very much as a continuation of the mission of those brave 13 Americans who gave their lives, protecting and sheltering and bringing to safety these very people.

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