ensure
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ensure
- /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ UK
- /ɪnˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ɪnˈʃʊɹ/ US
- /ɪnˈʃɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). Doublet of insure.
verb ensures · ensuring · ensured
- To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.
- To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: guarantee, assure, ascertain, see, control, secure, insure, check, assured, guaranteed, promise, allow, permit, pledge, grant, vouch
Translations
Every language
verb make sure or certain
| Español | asegurarse, garantizarse, velar por |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 確保 /确保 quèbǎo |
| Português | garantir, assegurar |
| Français | s'assurer, garantir, assurer |
| Deutsch | sicherstellen, gewährleisten |
| Italiano | garantire, assicurare, fare in modo che |
| Română | asigura |
| Русский | удостове́риться udostovéritʹsja, убеди́ться ubedítʹsja, страхова́ться straxovátʹsja, подстрахова́ться podstraxovátʹsja |
Talk about this word "ensure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ensure. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ensure. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ensure "ensure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ensure.Cite this
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