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e-safety

e-safety noun: safety when using the Internet.

Noun

e-safety (uncountable)

  1. Safety when using the Internet.
    • On one hand, many of the children in our study clearly saw e-safety as an important issue that they thought needed addressing in schools.2010, Neil Selwyn, John Potter, Sue Cranmer, Primary schools and ICT: learning from pupil perspectives, page 125
    Synonyms:
    cybersafety

Synonyms of e-safety

Origin of e-safety

From e- + safety.

Words formed from e-safety

Phrases with e-safety

Questions about e-safety

What does e-safety mean?
E-safety means safety when using the Internet.
What part of speech is e-safety?
E-safety is a noun.

Words near e-safety in the dictionary

  1. e-rights
  2. E-road
  3. E-roads
  4. e-SAF
  5. e-safe
  6. e-safety
  7. e-safety commissioner
  8. e-safety commissioners
  9. e-SAFs
  10. e-sales
  11. e-school

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