"insure" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈʃʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈʃɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/ [General-American], /ɪnˈʃɝ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-insure.ogg [US] Forms: insures [present, singular, third-person], insuring [participle, present], insured [participle, past], insured [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Recorded since about 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from en- (“make”) + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ensuren}} Middle English ensuren, {{der|en|xno|enseurer}} Anglo-Norman enseurer, {{m|fro|en-||make}} en- (“make”), {{m|fro|seür||sure}} seür (“sure”), {{ncog|fro|asseürer||to assure}} Old French asseürer (“to assure”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} insure (third-person singular simple present insures, present participle insuring, simple past and past participle insured)
  1. (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event. Tags: transitive Translations (to provide for compensation if some risk occurs): ապահովագրել (apahovagrel) (Armenian), sığortalamaq (Azerbaijani), застраховам (zastrahovam) (Bulgarian), assegurar (Catalan), pojistit (Czech), forsikre (Danish), verzekeren (Dutch), asekuri (Esperanto), vakuuttaa (Finnish), assurer (French), asegurar (Galician), versichern (German), biztosít (Hungarian), cuir árachas ar (Irish), assicurare (Italian), apdrošināt (Latvian), inihua (Maori), بیمه بودن (bime budan) (Persian), ubezpieczać [imperfective] (Polish), ubezpieczyć [perfective] (Polish), страхова́ть (straxovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), застрахо́вывать (zastraxóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), застрахова́ть (zastraxovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), osiguravati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), osigurati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), asegurar (Spanish), försäkra (Swedish), sigorta etmek (Turkish), страхува́ти (straxuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), застрахо́вувати (zastraxóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), застрахува́ти (zastraxuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-insure-en-verb-sfIWQywl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of 'to provide for compensation if some risk occurs': 91 4 5
  2. (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance Tags: intransitive Translations (to deal in such contracts): verzekeren (Dutch), doen in verzekeringen (Dutch), بیمه کردن (bime kardan) (Persian), страхова́ть (straxovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), застрахова́ть (zastraxovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-insure-en-verb-B7smUPc2 Disambiguation of 'to deal in such contracts': 4 94 3
  3. (chiefly US, transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, dated, transitive Alternative form of: ensure (extra: to make sure or certain of; guarantee) Translations (to ensure): осигурявам (osigurjavam) (Bulgarian), garanderen (Dutch), verzekeren (Dutch), waarborgen (Dutch), gondoskodik (Hungarian), tesz róla (Hungarian), gondja van rá (Hungarian), biztosít (Hungarian), страхова́ться (straxovátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), подстрахова́ться (podstraxovátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), güvence vermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-insure-en-verb-asy1PWLI Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'to ensure': 3 8 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: insurance, insurer, reinsure, self-insure Related terms: insurant, assure, ensure, inshore

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          "word": "asegurar"
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          "roman": "bime kardan",
          "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
          "word": "بیمه کردن"
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          "ref": "1787, Preamble to the United States Constitution",
          "text": "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.",
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        {
          "ref": "1924, Herman Melville, chapter 19, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.",
          "text": "[…] the sentry placed over the prisoner had strict orders to let no one have communication with him but the Chaplain. And certain unobtrusive measures were taken absolutely to insure this point.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Packard Motor Car Company, Packard Clipper Owner's Manual",
          "text": "The latest in automation equipment, combined with highly skilled craftsmen, insure the high quality of the Packard Clipper.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman enseurer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "en-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "make"
      },
      "expansion": "en- (“make”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "seür",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sure"
      },
      "expansion": "seür (“sure”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "asseürer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to assure"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French asseürer (“to assure”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Recorded since about 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from en- (“make”) + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of \"make safe against loss by payment of premiums\" in 1635, replacing assure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "insures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "insuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "insured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "insured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "insure (third-person singular simple present insures, present participle insuring, simple past and past participle insured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "insurant"
    },
    {
      "word": "assure"
    },
    {
      "word": "ensure"
    },
    {
      "word": "inshore"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm not insured against burglary."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compensation",
          "compensation"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ],
        [
          "policy",
          "policy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "subscribe",
          "subscribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to make sure or certain of; guarantee",
          "word": "ensure"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1787, Preamble to the United States Constitution",
          "text": "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Herman Melville, chapter 19, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.",
          "text": "[…] the sentry placed over the prisoner had strict orders to let no one have communication with him but the Chaplain. And certain unobtrusive measures were taken absolutely to insure this point.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Packard Motor Car Company, Packard Clipper Owner's Manual",
          "text": "The latest in automation equipment, combined with highly skilled craftsmen, insure the high quality of the Packard Clipper.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ensure",
          "ensure#English"
        ],
        [
          "make sure",
          "make sure"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "dated",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈʃʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈʃɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈʃʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈʃɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-insure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/En-us-insure.ogg/En-us-insure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-insure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apahovagrel",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "ապահովագրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "sığortalamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zastrahovam",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "застраховам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "pojistit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "asekuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "assurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "versichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "cuir árachas ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "assicurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "apdrošināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "inihua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bime budan",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "بیمه بودن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubezpieczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubezpieczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "straxovátʹ",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "страхова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastraxóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахо́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastraxovátʹ",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "osiguravati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "osigurati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "försäkra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "word": "sigorta etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "straxuváty",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "страхува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zastraxóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zastraxuváty",
      "sense": "to provide for compensation if some risk occurs",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
      "word": "doen in verzekeringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bime kardan",
      "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
      "word": "بیمه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "straxovátʹ",
      "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "страхова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastraxovátʹ",
      "sense": "to deal in such contracts",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osigurjavam",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "осигурявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "garanderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "waarborgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "gondoskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "tesz róla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "gondja van rá"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "straxovátʹsja",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "страхова́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstraxovátʹsja",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подстрахова́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "word": "güvence vermek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insure"
}

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