security situation

collocation in English

meaningsofsecurityandsituation

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security
noun
uk
/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us
/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecurity situation

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Suffice it to say that thesecuritysituationvaried over time and in different parts of the country.
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Besides, it is the right of every government to evaluate independently its ownsecuritysituation.
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Another reason which made the programme indispensable, according to the government, was thesecuritysituation.
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The results of this research show an election heavily dependent on an uncertainsecuritysituation.
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However, the preliminary evidence from the field was that thesecuritysituationhad deteriorated in the face of competition between the police and the military.
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Due to the prevailingsecuritysituation, the assessment team was not able to examine patients or collect samples for laboratory diagnosis in the field.
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This volatilesecuritysituationhas also given rise to its own survival strategies.
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Because of logistical difficulties and problems created by thesecuritysituation, the commune/sangkat elections were staggered over two or three months at the start of 1981.
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With the return of civilian rule in 1999, thesecuritysituationwas further complicated by power struggles between the federal and state governments over the issue of decentralised police forces.
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Meanwhile, thesecuritysituationhad further worsened.
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Most importantly, it recognizes the differences in the newsecuritysituation: the fact that peacekeeping in conflict prevention is now so important.
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Unless thesecuritysituationis secured, we are putting money from the poorest people in the world into an area which is quite rich.
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Thesecuritysituationhas improved in many parts of the country.
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That figure of 54 refers to deaths connected with thesecuritysituation.
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Subject to these restrictions, units may be employed as and where required by thesecuritysituation.
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My second general point concerns the detention policy and the currentsecuritysituation.
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The extent to which further road-blocking operations are needed in the future will be determined by thesecuritysituation.
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If so, we shall not get very far with thesecuritysituation.
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