Dictionary

assure en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈʃʊɹ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger
• /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ without the pour–poor merger
• /əˈʃɝ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
2. (transitive) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
   • He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
   • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
3. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
   • That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
4. (transitive) To reassure.

Forms

Deriveds

assuror · over-assured · life assured · sum assured · mutually assured destruction · rest assured

Relateds

ensure · insure · assurance · reassure

Translations (94)

nb forsikre (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ca assegurar (to make sure and secure) · uk забезпечувати (to make sure and secure) · pl pilnować (to make sure and secure) · sk zabezpečovať (to make sure and secure) · es afiar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ml ഉറപ്പാക്കുക (to make sure and secure) · es avalar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · be запэ́ўніць (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · sk ubezpečiť (to reassure) · tr güvence altına almak (to make sure and secure) · pl asekurować (to make sure and secure) · ml ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ml ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (to reassure) · sk zabezpečiť (to make sure and secure) · pl ubezpieczać (to make sure and secure) · ru убежда́ть (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pl zapewnić (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pl zabezpieczyć (to make sure and secure) · nl verzekeren (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · uk запе́внити (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · et kinnitama (to make sure and secure) · nl geruststellen (to reassure) · fi varmistaa (to make sure and secure) · ca assegurar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · sk ubezpečovať (to reassure) · ro asigura (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · de sichern (to make sure and secure) · br asuri (to make sure and secure) · wa acertiner (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · nn forsikre (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · sk ubezpečiť (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · fi vakuuttaa (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · es segurar (to make sure and secure) · nl verzekeren (to make sure and secure) · ru обнадёжить (to reassure) · pt assegurar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · fr rassurer (to reassure) · tr temin etmek (to make sure and secure) · nn sikre (to make sure and secure) · nb sikre (to make sure and secure) · pl upewnić (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · uk гарантувати (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · nl beveiligen (to make sure and secure) · hu biztosít (to reassure) · oc assegurar (to make sure and secure) · sk ubezpečovať (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pl upewniać (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · eo certigi (to make sure and secure) · bg убеждавам (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · it assicurare (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · uk гарантува́ти (to make sure and secure) · nl afzekeren (to make sure and secure) · bg уверявам (to make sure and secure) · uk запевня́ти (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · es asegurar (to make sure and secure) · oc assegurar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ar أَكَّدَ (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · fi varmistaa (to reassure) · th ให้คำมั่น (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · bg удостоверявам (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · da sikre (to make sure and secure) · pt assegurar (to make sure and secure) · ru убеди́ть (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · it assicurare (to make sure and secure) · ru обнадёживать (to reassure) · ru заверя́ть (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · de versichern (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · it garantire (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · sv försäkra (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ru обеспе́чить (to make sure and secure) · el διαβεβαιώνω (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · nl verzekeren (to reassure) · es cerciorar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ru уверя́ть (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · da forsikre (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pl upewniać (to reassure) · es afianzar (to make sure and secure) · gv shickyree (to make sure and secure) · ru обеспе́чивать (to make sure and secure) · pl zapewniać (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · et veenma (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pt garantir (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · be запэ́ўніваць (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · hu biztosít (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · fi vakuuttaa (to make sure and secure) · ru уве́рить (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · pl upewnić (to reassure) · fr assurer (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · bg вдъхвам увереност (to reassure) · ro asigura (to make sure and secure) · es asegurar (to reassure) · es asegurar (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something) · ru заве́рить (to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something)