ensure safety

Meaning

To make sure that everyone remains safe and free from danger or harm. It is commonly used in official announcements, workplace guidelines, and public notices to emphasize a guarantee of protection.

Examples

• The event organizers have taken extra measures to ensure safety during the concert.

  The event organizers have taken extra measures to ensure safety during the concert.

• New regulations were introduced to ensure safety in all public transport systems.

  New regulations were introduced to ensure safety in all public transport systems.

• Please read the instructions carefully to ensure safety while operating the machinery.

  Please read the instructions carefully to ensure safety while operating the machinery.

• Our primary objective is to ensure safety for all residents during the storm.

  Our primary objective is to ensure safety for all residents during the storm.

• We are working closely with local authorities to ensure safety on the streets.

  We are working closely with local authorities to ensure safety on the streets.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We must secure safety for all passengers.

  ✓ We must ensure safety for all passengers.

  While 'secure' is grammatically possible, 'ensure safety' is the standard, high-frequency collocated expression used in formal contexts.

• ✗ Please assure safety before you start.

  ✓ Please ensure safety before you start.

  'Assure' means to tell someone confidently that something is true, whereas 'ensure' means to make certain that something happens.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The main goal of the new road design is to ___ for all pedestrians.

  💡 Guarantee that no one gets hurt.

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  ensure safety

• Before starting the experiment, please follow these guidelines to ___.

  💡 Make sure everyone is safe.

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  ensure safety