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# safety

«safety» in Mova's school dictionary: **being safe: protected from danger, harm or injury** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (safety — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Safety is being safe: protected from danger, harm or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#m1)

2) Safety is the care and rules that stop accidents: road safety, fire safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#m2)

3) Safety is a safe place: «They swam to safety». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school lessons, safety covers roads (stop, look, listen), fire (alarms, escape plans), water (swim between the flags, never alone), the kitchen, the internet and people. Safety gear: helmets, life jackets, seatbelts, goggles. Phrases: «safety first», «for your safety», «health and safety», «safety pin», «safety belt», «in safety», «to safety».

### examples

- Safety first: put on your helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x1)
- We learned about road safety today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x2)
- Wear goggles for safety in the science lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x3)
- The firefighter carried the cat to safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x4)
- For your safety, hold the handrail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x5)
- Fire safety means knowing two ways out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x6)
- A safety pin has a cover on its point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x7)
- The lifeguards keep us in safety on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x8)
- But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Adjective: «safe»; adverb: «safely». Opposite: danger. Safety rules are not just bossiness; each one comes from real accidents.

### In the corpora

- [Benefits are paid for by everyone's taxes as a safety net, and many families who work get some help too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/11/)
- [If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/10/)
- [Jungle and survival shows have doctors, crews and safety rules behind the camera, even when the people look all alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/15/)
- [Companies set safety rules for what their bots should not do, so a bot may politely refuse a request.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/10/)
- [Some apps have a mode for younger users with extra safety; it helps but is not perfect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «safety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.