"assure" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈʃʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈʃɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈʃʊɹ/ [General-American], /əˈʃɝ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-assure.ogg Forms: assures [present, singular, third-person], assuring [participle, present], assured [participle, past], assured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|asseurer}} Old French asseurer, {{der|en|la|ad-}} Latin ad-, {{cog|es|asegurar}} Spanish asegurar, {{doublet|en|assecure}} Doublet of assecure Head templates: {{en-verb}} assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured)
  1. (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure. Tags: transitive Translations (to make sure and secure): asuri (Breton), уверявам (uverjavam) (Bulgarian), assegurar (Catalan), sikre (Danish), verzekeren (Dutch), afzekeren (Dutch), beveiligen (Dutch), certigi (Esperanto), kinnitama (Estonian), varmistaa (Finnish), vakuuttaa (Finnish), sichern (German), assicurare (Italian), ഉറപ്പാക്കുക (uṟappākkuka) (Malayalam), shickyree (Manx), sikre (Norwegian Bokmål), sikre (Norwegian Nynorsk), assegurar (Occitan), zabezpieczyć [perfective] (Polish), asekurować [imperfective] (Polish), pilnować [imperfective] (Polish), ubezpieczać [imperfective] (Polish), assegurar (Portuguese), asigura (Romanian), обеспе́чивать (obespéčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обеспе́чить (obespéčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zabezpečiť (Slovak), zabezpečovať (Slovak), asegurar (Spanish), temin etmek (Turkish), güvence altına almak (Turkish), забезпечувати (zabezpečuvaty) (Ukrainian), гарантува́ти (harantuváty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assure-en-verb-FBgf34M8 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 41 33 11 Disambiguation of 'to make sure and secure': 95 0 3 1
  2. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something): أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada) (Arabic), запэ́ўніваць (zapéŭnivacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), запэ́ўніць (zapéŭnicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), убеждавам (ubeždavam) (Bulgarian), удостоверявам (udostoverjavam) (Bulgarian), assegurar (Catalan), forsikre (Danish), verzekeren (Dutch), veenma (Estonian), vakuuttaa (Finnish), assurer (French), versichern (German), διαβεβαιώνω (diavevaióno) (Greek), biztosít (Hungarian), assicurare (Italian), garantire (Italian), ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (uṟappunalkuka) (Malayalam), forsikre (Norwegian Bokmål), forsikre (Norwegian Nynorsk), assegurar (Occitan), zapewniać [imperfective] (Polish), zapewnić [perfective] (Polish), upewniać [imperfective] (Polish), upewnić [perfective] (Polish), assegurar (Portuguese), asigura (Romanian), заверя́ть (zaverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заве́рить (zavéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), уверя́ть (uverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уве́рить (uvéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), убеди́ть (ubedítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ubezpečiť (Slovak), ubezpečovať (Slovak), asegurar (Spanish), försäkra (Swedish), запевня́ти (zapevnjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запе́внити (zapévnyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), гарантувати (harantuvaty) (Ukrainian), acertiner (Walloon)
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  3. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-assure-en-verb-DGicE0Xs Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 41 33 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 35 44 6
  4. (transitive) To reassure. Tags: transitive Translations (to reassure): вдъхвам увереност (vdǎhvam uverenost) (Bulgarian), verzekeren (Dutch), geruststellen (Dutch), varmistaa (Finnish), rassurer (French), biztosít (Hungarian), ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (uṟappunalkuka) (Malayalam), upewnić [perfective] (Polish), upewniać [imperfective] (Polish), обнадёживать (obnadjóživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обнадёжить (obnadjóžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ubezpečiť (Slovak), ubezpečovať (Slovak), asegurar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assure-en-verb-7~Wdg0oE Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 41 33 11 Disambiguation of 'to reassure': 3 0 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assuror, life assured, mutually assured destruction, over-assured, rest assured, sum assured Related terms: assurance, reassure, ensure, insure

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "He assured of his commitment to her happiness.",
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          "word": "försäkra"
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          "note": "temin etmek (rahatlatıcı/ikna edici sözlerle)",
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      "word": "mutually assured destruction"
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    {
      "homophone": "ashore"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "asuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uverjavam",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "уверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "sikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "afzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "beveiligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "certigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "kinnitama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "varmistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "sichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "assicurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uṟappākkuka",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "ഉറപ്പാക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "shickyree"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "sikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "sikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabezpieczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "asekurować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pilnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubezpieczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "asigura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčitʹ",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "zabezpečiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "zabezpečovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "temin etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "güvence altına almak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabezpečuvaty",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "забезпечувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "harantuváty",
      "sense": "to make sure and secure",
      "word": "гарантува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔakkada",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "أَكَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapéŭnivacʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запэ́ўніваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapéŭnicʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запэ́ўніць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždavam",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "убеждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udostoverjavam",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "удостоверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "veenma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "assurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "versichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diavevaióno",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "διαβεβαιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "assicurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "garantire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uṟappunalkuka",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapewniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapewnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "upewniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "upewnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "asigura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaverjátʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavéritʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заве́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uverjátʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvéritʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уве́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždátʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubedítʹ",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "убеди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "ubezpečiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "ubezpečovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "försäkra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "temin etmek (rahatlatıcı/ikna edici sözlerle)",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapevnjáty",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запевня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapévnyty",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запе́внити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "harantuvaty",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "гарантувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something",
      "word": "acertiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vdǎhvam uverenost",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "вдъхвам увереност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "geruststellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "varmistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "rassurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uṟappunalkuka",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "upewnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "upewniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnadjóživatʹ",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обнадёживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnadjóžitʹ",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обнадёжить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "ubezpečiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "ubezpečovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reassure",
      "word": "asegurar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assure"
}

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