security measure

collocation in English

meaningsofsecurityandmeasure

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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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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecurity measure

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Besides, given that the ordinance had been enacted as a temporarysecuritymeasure, it should only be invoked with great caution.
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The officer shall balance the cost of an extrasecuritymeasurewith his perception of the unmanaged risks.
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Securitymeasureis an indication of the number of security breaches in the system.
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The difficulty is that in practice it has not been found that the presence of two men has necessarily been an additionalsecuritymeasure.
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It is only in the aftermath of tragedy that we see whether a system, process orsecuritymeasurehas failed.
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The policy has been applied above all as asecuritymeasure.
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Such searching is a routinesecuritymeasurein prison establishments as it is in other circumstances — for example, at airports.
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It is not a socialsecuritymeasureeither.
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We should be talking about this measure not as a socialsecuritymeasurebut as a means of controlling the labour market.
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The decision to deploy a sky marshal, or put any othersecuritymeasurein place, is not taken lightly.
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This is one of the dangers of dealing piecemeal with major social problems by picking little pieces out of a comprehensive socialsecuritymeasure.
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We think that this solution as asecuritymeasurewould be the answer.
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Some othersecuritymeasurenot involving mandatory key escrow would have to be taken, to protect future access to important data that had been encrypted.
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It is important to recognise that nosecuritymeasurehas been held in abeyance.
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The burden of proof appears to have been transferred from the authorities implementing thesecuritymeasureto the people subject to it.
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Her arrest was regarded, and is still regarded, as asecuritymeasure.
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It was asecuritymeasure, not a fiscal measure.
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We are now discussing searching before boarding aircraft rather than searching as asecuritymeasurein aerodromes.
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