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safeguarded

safeguarded is the simple past and past participle of safeguard.

Meaning of safeguard

Verb

safeguard (third-person singular simple present safeguards, present participle safeguarding, simple past and past participle safeguarded)

  1. To protect, to keep safe.
    • She kept a savings to safeguard against debt and emergencies.
  2. (Ireland, UK, broadly) To implement safeguarding.
  3. To escort safely.

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Questions about safeguarded

What is safeguarded the simple past and past participle of?
Safeguarded is the simple past and past participle of safeguard.

Words near safeguarded in the dictionary

  1. Safed Koh
  2. Safeda
  3. Safedas
  4. safeguard
  5. safeguardable
  6. safeguarded
  7. safeguarder
  8. safeguarders
  9. safeguarding
  10. safeguardings
  11. safeguards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: safeguarded (page history and authors); safeguard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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