Definition of 'assure'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense assures, present participle assuring, past tense, past participle assured
1. transitive verb
If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will
definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
2. See also assured
3. transitive verb
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assure in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: asˈsured or asˈsuring
1.
to make (a person) sure of something; convince
4.
to make (a doubtful thing) certain; guarantee
6. Chiefly British
to insure against loss, esp. of life
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Word Frequency
assure in American English
(əˈʃur, əˈʃɜːr)
transitive verbWord forms: -sured, -suring
1.
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to
She assured us that everything would turn out all right
6.
to give confidence to; encourage
7. chiefly Brit
to insure, as against loss
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Derived forms
assurer or assuror noun
Word origin
[1325–75; ME as(e)uren, assuren ‹ OF aseurer ‹ LL assēcūrāre, equiv. to L as- as- + sēcūr- ( see secure) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix]Word Frequency
assure in British English
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
3.
to state positively or with assurance
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Derived forms
assurable (asˈsurable) adjective
assurer (asˈsurer)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French aseürer to assure, from Medieval Latin assēcūrāre to secure or make sure, from sēcūrus secureExamples of 'assure' in a sentence
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assure
British English: assure
/əˈʃʊə/ VERB
If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is the case, to make them less worried.
I can assure you that the animals are well cared for.
- American English: assure /əˈʃʊər/
- Arabic: يَطْمَئِنُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: assegurar
- Chinese: 确告
- Croatian: uvjeravati
- Czech: ujistit
- Danish: forsikre forvisse
- Dutch: verzekeren toezeggen
- European Spanish: asegurar afirmar
- Finnish: vakuuttaa taata
- French: assurer être sûr
- German: versichern garantieren
- Greek: διαβεβαιώνω
- Italian: assicurare
- Japanese: 確約する
- Korean: 보증하다
- Norwegian: forsikre
- Polish: zapewnić
- European Portuguese: assegurar
- Romanian: a asigura
- Russian: успокаивать
- Spanish: asegurar prometer
- Swedish: försäkra intyga
- Thai: ให้ความมั่นใจ
- Turkish: güvence vermek
- Ukrainian: запевняти
- Vietnamese: đảm bảo
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