Betekenis van safety In het Nederlands

• 0 a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or at risk:

  • For your (comfort and) safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during the flight.

  • Reporters may enter the danger zone but unfortunately we cannot guarantee/assure their safety.

  • The crew of the ship were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.

  • As the gunman opened fire, they all ran/dived for safety behind the trees.

  • Police are concerned for the safety of (= think that something bad might have happened to) the five-year-old.

  • He was led to a place of safety (= somewhere he would not be in danger, especially of being found and harmed).

• 1 the condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous:

  • For your safety, keep your seat belt securely fastened.

  • Fire officials worry about the safety of those heaters.

• 2 the state of being protected from danger or harm:

  • You have a right to be protected against anything that can affect your safety.

  • public/passenger/consumer safety

• 3 the condition of not being likely to cause damage or harm:

  • the safety of sth Many people are wondering about the safety of some food imports.

  • food/drug/product safety

  • fire safety

  • Apart from this one incident, the company has an excellent safety record.

• 4 used before a noun to describe equipment, rules, etc. that are designed to keep people from being harmed:

  • safety glasses

  • The company is now a world leader in car safety seats.

  • The iron's best safety feature is that it shuts off automatically.

  • The building is not compliant with the new safety standards.

  • The law requires a certificate showing that the latest safety tests have been carried out.

  • safety procedures.

• 5 the fact of keeping people safe in a particular place:

  • Fletcher is an independent mine safety consultant in New Zealand.

  • We always make air safety our first priority.