make sure

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make sure

verb makes sure · making sure · made sure

To ensure that something specific happens, is done etc., or of something happening. I'm going to make sure that I get to the interview on time.
Similar: to it
To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. When you leave, make sure you have locked the door behind you.
Similar: make certain, * see, make doubly sure
archaic To feel certain of something; to be convinced. “The gun!” said he. “I have thought of that,” said I, for I made sure he was thinking of a bombardment of the fort. “They could never get the gun ashore, and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods.”
obsolete To betroth. […] then his marriage shall be ſolemniz'd, / For wrote you not that I haue made him ſure / Vnto our Coſin, the Earle of Gloſters heire.

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verb to verify

Español	asegurarse de, cerciorarse, velar por
Português	certificar-se
Français	s'assurer
Deutsch	sicherstellen, sichergehen, zusehen
Italiano	assicurarsi, accertarsi, sincerarsi, verificare
Română	asigura
Русский	удостове́риться udostovéritʹsja
العربية	تَأَكَّدَ taʔakkada

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@misc{make_sure_2026,
  title = {make sure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20sure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}