safer
Dictionary
adjective
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
"You’ll be safe here."
- Free from risk.
"It’s safe to eat this."
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
"We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over."
- When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
"The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe."
- Properly secured.
"The documents are safe."
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
"dishwasher-safe"
- Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Reliable; trusty.
- Cautious.
- Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
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