increased security

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandsecurity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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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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(Definition ofincreaseandsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincreased security

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Theincreasedsecurityof the countryside was an essential precondition for the revival of the economy in the late 1930s.
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Increasedsecurityof the realm was recognized to be best achieved by tackling problems at their roots - in the localities where dissension originated.
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Increasedsecuritymeant that herders were no longer required to move and camp in large groups as a precaution against raids.
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Some of the challenges being met are: responding to increasing traffic demands; reducing the cost of participating; providingincreasedsecurity; increasing availability; and simplifying the man/machine interface.
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However, in particular high-risk locations, such as sites adjacent to psychiatric hospitals, higher parapets have been provided in an attempt to provideincreasedsecurity.
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In some places, not only in the middle east, there is regrettably a need to provideincreasedsecurityprotection for our representatives overseas.
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We have to express the opinion whether the proposed increases are justified and whether they will provideincreasedsecurity.
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Moreover, it will bring its inhabitantsincreasedsecurityand prosperity.
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It is a matter ofincreasedsecurityand safety for citizens.
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The talk is aboutincreasedsecuritybut is the issue not really about increasing security risks?
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Most of those that would impact greatly onincreasedsecurityin the prison have been implemented.
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Any observer of the situation involving the two countries is bound to conclude that the tests have increased tension rather thanincreasedsecurity.
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It also gives the allotment holder a slightlyincreasedsecurityof tenure.
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Nevertheless, we welcome theincreasedsecurity: there are many arguments for it.
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My reason was that none of the things that she expected from the agreement—increasedsecurityor anything else—would come.
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I believe that those are the two major areas at which we must look to see that we provideincreasedsecurityfor pension holders.
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