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safeguards

safeguards is the plural of safeguard.

safeguards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of safeguard.

Meaning of safeguard

Noun

safeguard (plural safeguards)

  1. Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
    • Getting a flu shot is a good safeguard against illness.
  2. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
    • Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.1726, George Granville, To the King, in the First Year of His Majesty’s Reign
  3. A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
    • the inheritance of their loves and safeguardc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (obsolete) The monitor lizard.
    • The same idea is entertained of the Safeguard in America, as of the Monitor in Africa, and other parts of the Old World, […]1844, The Animal Kingdom

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Questions about safeguards

What is safeguards the plural of?
Safeguards is the plural of safeguard.

Words near safeguards in the dictionary

  1. safeguarded
  2. safeguarder
  3. safeguarders
  4. safeguarding
  5. safeguardings
  6. safeguards
  7. safehaven
  8. safehavens
  9. safehold
  10. safeholds
  11. safehouse

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