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assure
- /əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ UK
- /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ UK
- /əˈʃʊɹ/ US
- /əˈʃɝ/ US
Sounds like ashore (with the pour–poor merger) · Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.
verb assures · assuring · assured
- To make sure and secure; ensure.
- To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- To guarantee, promise (to do something). That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
- To reassure.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ensure, reassure, promise, guarantee, ascertain, see, control, secure, tell, insure, check, swear, allow, guaranteed, pledge, affirm
Translations
Every language
verb to make sure and secure
| Español | asegurar, afianzar, segurar |
|---|---|
| Português | assegurar |
| Deutsch | sichern |
| Italiano | assicurare |
| Română | asigura |
| Русский | обеспе́чивать obespéčivatʹ, обеспе́чить obespéčitʹ |
verb to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
| Español | asegurar, avalar, afiar, cerciorar |
|---|---|
| Português | assegurar, garantir |
| Français | assurer |
| Deutsch | versichern |
| Italiano | assicurare, garantire |
| Ελληνικά | διαβεβαιώνω diavevaióno |
| Română | asigura |
| Русский | заверя́ть zaverjátʹ, заве́рить zavéritʹ, уверя́ть uverjátʹ, уве́рить uvéritʹ, убежда́ть ubeždátʹ, убеди́ть ubedítʹ |
| العربية | أَكَّدَ ʔakkada |
verb to reassure
| Español | asegurar |
|---|---|
| Français | rassurer |
| Русский | обнадёживать obnadjóživatʹ, обнадёжить obnadjóžitʹ |
Talk about this word "assure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/assure. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. assure. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/assure "assure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/assure.Cite this
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title = {assure},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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