Collocations for "safety"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "safety" in context.
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safety
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [passenger, public, transport, private] safety
- [passenger] safety was [in danger, under threat, compromised]
- the safety of the [passengers]
- [ensure, guarantee, check, improve, boost] [passenger] safety
- [internet, computer, system, email, file] safety
- [office, home, property, building, workplace, store] safety
- safety in the [office]
- for the safety of others
- for your own safety
- please [bear, have, take] safety in mind
- a [feeling, sense, sensation] of safety
- the [rule, concept, principle] of safety in numbers
- there is safety in numbers
- safety first!
- electricity: the safeties [come on, are activated, cut the circuit]
- left the safety on
- turned the safety off
- health and safety (at work)
- [implement, enforce, design] safety measures
- [install, purchase, make] safety cameras
- safety [staff, guards, personnel, procedures]
- a safety [lock, latch, catch]
- [acts as, provides] a safety net for
- sport: a safety [pass, shot, throw]
'safety' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjustment
- afraid
- appalling
- apparent
- assessment
- assurance
- astonishing
- attachment
- audit
- belt
- bicycle
- blatant
- burrow
- certificate
- certification
- chemical
- chief
- chiefly
- clasp
- code
- comfort
- committed
- compliance
- compromise
- concern
- concerned
- concerning
- crawl
- disregard
- disturbing
- dummy
- employee
- engineer
- ensure
- entrust
- extra
- extremely
- fear
- fire
- flee
- food
- frightened
- funding
- fuse
- garage
- gather
- gear
- ground
- guarantee
- guideline