assure

See also:assuré

English

Etymology

FromOld Frenchasseurer(Modern Frenchassurer), fromLatinad-+securus(“secure”).Cognate withSpanishasegurar.Doubletofassecure.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/əˈʃʊə/,/əˈʃɔː/
(General American)IPA^(key):/əˈʃʊɹ/,/əˈʃɝ/
Audio(US): (file)
Homophone:ashore
Rhymes:-ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

assure(third-person singular simple presentassures,present participleassuring,simple past and past participleassured)

(transitive)To make sure andsecure;ensure.
(transitive,followed bythatorof)To give (someone)confidencein thetrustworthinessof (something).
Iassureyou that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.

Heassuredof his commitment to her happiness.
(obsolete)Toguarantee,promise(to do something).
- 1590,Edmund Spenser,“Book II, Canto II”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…],London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
  That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they didassure.
(transitive)Toreassure.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to make sure and secure

Breton:asuri
Bulgarian:уверявам(bg)(uverjavam)
Catalan:assegurar(ca)
Danish:sikre
Dutch:verzekeren(nl),afzekeren,beveiligen(nl)
Esperanto:certigi(eo)
Estonian:kinnitama
Finnish:varmistaa(fi),vakuuttaa(fi)
German:sichern(de)
Italian:assicurare(it)
Malayalam:ഉറപ്പാക്കുക(uṟappākkuka)
Manx:shickyree
Norwegian:
Bokmål:sikre(no)

Nynorsk:sikre
Occitan:assegurar(oc)
Polish:zabezpieczyć(pl)pf,asekurowaćimpf,pilnować(pl)impf,ubezpieczać(pl)impf
Portuguese:assegurar(pt)
Romanian:asigura(ro)
Russian:обеспе́чивать(ru)impf(obespéčivatʹ),обеспе́чить(ru)pf(obespéčitʹ)
Slovak:zabezpečiť,zabezpečovať
Spanish:asegurar(es),afianzar(es),segurar(es)
Turkish:temin etmek(tr),güvence altına almak(tr)
Ukrainian:забезпечувати(zabezpečuvaty),гарантува́ти(harantuváty)

to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something

Arabic:أَكَّدَ(ar)(ʔakkada)
Belarusian:запэ́ўнівацьimpf(zapéŭnivacʹ),запэ́ўніцьpf(zapéŭnicʹ)
Bulgarian:убеждавам(bg)(ubeždavam),удостоверявам(bg)(udostoverjavam)
Catalan:assegurar(ca)
Danish:forsikre
Dutch:verzekeren(nl)
Estonian:veenma(et)
Finnish:vakuuttaa(fi)
French:assurer(fr)
German:versichern(de)
Greek:διαβεβαιώνω(el)(diavevaióno)
Hungarian:biztosít(hu)
Italian:assicurare(it),garantire(it)
Malayalam:ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക(uṟappunalkuka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:forsikre(no)

Nynorsk:forsikre
Occitan:assegurar(oc)
Polish:zapewniać(pl)impf,zapewnić(pl)pf,upewniaćimpf,upewnić(pl)pf
Portuguese:assegurar(pt)
Romanian:asigura(ro)
Russian:заверя́ть(ru)impf(zaverjátʹ),заве́рить(ru)pf(zavéritʹ),уверя́ть(ru)impf(uverjátʹ),уве́рить(ru)pf(uvéritʹ),убежда́ть(ru)impf(ubeždátʹ),убеди́ть(ru)pf(ubedítʹ)
Slovak:ubezpečiť,ubezpečovať
Spanish:asegurar(es),garantizar(es),avalar(es),afiuciar(es),afuciar(es),cerciorar(es)
Swedish:försäkra(sv)
Turkish:temin etmek(tr)(rahatlatıcı/ikna edici sözlerle)
Ukrainian:запевня́тиimpf(zapevnjáty),запе́внитиpf(zapévnyty),гарантувати(harantuvaty)
Walloon:acertiner(wa)

to reassure

Bulgarian:вдъхвам увереност(vdǎhvam uverenost)
Dutch:verzekeren(nl),geruststellen(nl)
Finnish:varmistaa(fi)
French:rassurer(fr)
Hungarian:biztosít(hu)
Malayalam:ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക(uṟappunalkuka)
Polish:upewnić(pl)pf,upewniaćimpf
Russian:обнадёживать(ru)impf(obnadjóživatʹ),обнадёжить(ru)pf(obnadjóžitʹ)
Slovak:ubezpečiť,ubezpečovať
Spanish:asegurar(es)

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Mandarin:^{(pleaseverify)}Xác bảo／Xác bảo(zh)(quèbǎo)
Manx:^{(pleaseverify)}shickyree

Anagrams

Sauers,Sauser,Suares

French

Pronunciation

Audio(Canada): (file)
Rhymes:-yʁ

Verb

assure

inflection ofassurer:
1. first/third-personsingular presentindicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

ruasse,sueras,useras