Assure

Definition: Assure

Assure

Verb

1. Make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!".

2. Inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!".

3. Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe".

4. Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product".

5. Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to.

6. Make a promise or commitment.

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Date "assure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Assure \As*sure\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Assured; present participle verb or noun Assuring.]. (Websters 1913)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Assure

Affirmation

Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.

As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.

Belief

Know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured; Adjective: persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind.

Cause to be believed; Verb: satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate; (teach); cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to.

Certainty

Render certain; Adjective: insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, " make assurance double sure "; know; (believe).

Hope

Give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope; Noun: promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise expectations; encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embolden.

Promise

Assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant; attest; (bear witness).

Security

Guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure; accept, indorse, underwrite, insure;cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor.

Crosswords: Assure

French (assures).

Well, I can assure you it's not. (The Daily Show; writing credit: Aaron Bergeron; Rich Blomquist)

If there had been, I assure you, I would have slapped your bottom goodbye and rode right off into the sunset! (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

It won't happen again I can assure you of that. (Knight Rider; writing credit: Cory Applebaum; Bob Benedetto)

But I assure you we'll have lots of, well, not fun, because that's against everything we stand for. (Thanks; writing credit: Curt Johnson)

No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

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Books

• 60 Ways to Assure Success for Your Gifted Children (reference)

• Achievement Now! How to Assure No Child is Left Behind (reference)

• Family Business Values: How to Assure A Legacy of Continuity and Success (reference)

• Getting It Printed: How to Work With Printers and Graphic Arts Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule, and Control Costs (reference)

• How to Assure Quality in Plastics (reference)

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Raydist strip chart record used to keep track of individual navigation rates These strip charts required continuous monitoring by a watch-stander Used to assure navigational accuracy during hydrographic surveying operations First tests of Raydist on SOSBEE in 1954 Used for over 40 years with various systems. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Leveling to tide staff and water's edge at extreme low tide Bubbler gauge orifice at right lower edge of photo Improper installation necessitated leveling to assure observing lowest low water Tidal bench mark leveling work off of DAVIDSON. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

These are the solution and vacuum towers of the Quaker State Refinery, at Oil City, Pennsylvania. This refinery is working at full capacity to assure our military forces of ample supplies for the high-grade lubricants needed to operate ships, guns, tanks,. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. These are the solution and vacuum towers of the Quaker State refinery at Oil City, Pennsylvania. This refinery is working at full capacity to assure our military forces of ample supplies of the high-g. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Marine engines. A drilling operation on the crankshaft of a marine engine for the Navy. This workman in a Midwest plant can certify that every precaution is taken to assure the finest quality in every crankshaft produced. Continental Motors, M. Credit: Library of Congress.

One year of reciprocal aid. Labor resources of New Zealand, with its total population of less than 2,000,000 persons, have been strained by the demands of wartime and her women have turned to the farms and the factories to assure production of food and fa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Why tin cans should be saved. To assure adequate civilian supply of canned produce in the future, householders are urged to save their used cans and turn them in to their local collection agencies, which will send the. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le parti radical a assure pendant plus d'un siecle l'independance et la prosperite de la Suisse ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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It is unfit to rule because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within his slavery, because it cannot help letting him sink into such a state, that it has to feed him, instead of being fed by him. (reference)

All proposed schemes shall be laid before the Central Commission in order that that Commission may assure itself that these conditions are complied with. (reference)

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? (reference)

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His rank in society I would alter if I could, which is saying a great deal I assure you, Emma.

Let me also here assure them that it is not from any want of respect for their criticisms, that I have carefully forborne from reading any of them.

I assure you that I was not in the wrong.

They are sound sleepers, I assure you.

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Health

Start penicillin prophylaxis prior to age 4 months and make every effort to assure compliance. (references)

Meningitis cases should be reported to state or local health departments to assure follow-up of close contacts and recognize outbreaks. (references)

For children, the diets should provide all nutrients in quantities adequate to assure growth and development and meet energy requirements. (references)

Business

Local end-users look for suppliers who can assure good after-sales service. (references)

This body's mission is to assure the transparency of business transactions. (references)

Suppliers that can assure these conditions will surely establish long-term business relationships. (references)

Children

Pakistan

There is no federal law on compulsory education, and neither the federal nor provincial governments provide sufficient resources to assure universal education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Central African Republic

NGO's also negotiated with the Government to assure the safety of IDP's who wished to return to their homes in Bangui. (references)

Burkina Faso

National and international observers reported that the CSI effectively fulfilled its responsibilities under the Electoral Code to assure equal media treatment of the candidates during the period prior to the 1998 presidential election. (references)

Discrimination

Malawi

The Constitution specifically provides for equal rights for women; forbids discrimination based on language, culture, or religion; and provides for equality and recognition before the law for every citizen; however, in practice the capacity of government institutions to assure equal rights for all citizens is limited. (references)

Economic History

Australia

Prior to April 1, 1993, Australia sought to assure 50 percent equity participation by Australians in all such ventures. (references)

Egypt

In practice, the Central Bank actively has supervised the exchange rate regime to assure the Egyptian pound's stability. (references)

Human Rights

Uganda

The military court system does not assure the right to a fair trial. (references)

India

When legal procedures function normally, they generally assure a fair trial, but the process often is drawn out and inaccessible to poor persons. (references)

Mexico

While there is a constitutional right to an attorney at all stages of criminal proceedings, in practice the authorities often do not assure adequate representation for many poor defendants. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

According to the Planning Office of the Public Ministry, during the year, there were 87 interpreters at all levels of the legal system, from the police to the formal courts, to assure non-Spanish speakers the means to bring complaints, resolve conflicts, and provide testimony. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

The Central Bank actively monitors the exchange rate in order to assure the Egyptian pound's stability. (references)

JORDAN

Jordanian firms are now seeking joint ventures and licensing agreements with multinational partners to assure their profitability under the new patent regime. (references)

Trade

Philippines

For U.S. products, compliance with USFDA requirements will virtually always assure compliance with Philippine regulations. (references)

Kenya

The board has the right to test chemicals sold locally to assure their compliance with originally certified specifications. (references)

Dominican Rep

Imports of animals normally require certificates of origin and other veterinarian documentation to assure disease-free status. (references)

Travel

Ireland

To assure complete understanding, it is well to define unfamiliar terms. (references)

Canada

These procedures assure that qualified persons will be permitted entry into Canada on a temporary basis. (references)

Netherlands

Care must be taken to assure that delivery dates will be closely maintained and that after-sales service will be promptly honored. (references)

Women

Australia

In some locations, state and local governments inspect brothels to prevent mistreatment of the workers and to assure compliance with health regulations. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

In 1998 the Penal Code was altered to increase the penalty for those who recruit and transport workers domestically through the use of fraud and for those who do not assure a return passage to workers. (references)

Taiwan

The CLA did not increase the minimum monthly wage, which remained at $505 (NT$15,840). While sufficient in less expensive areas, this wage does not assure a decent standard of living for a worker and family in urban areas such as Taipei. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "assure": assure of ♦ assure one's life ♦ assure oneself ♦ assure smb. of smth. ♦ assure smb. that ♦ To assure upon. Additional references.

Ending with "assure": quality-assure, re-assure.

Afrikaans

verseker (affirm, certify, insure, make certain), sertifiseer (affirm, certify, make certain), seker maak (affirm, certify, make certain). (various references)

Albanian

siguroj (acquire, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), gjej (ascertain, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, get, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace), garantoj (avouch, back, certify, ensure, Gage, give a guarantee, guarantee, safeguard against, vouch, warrant), bind (bring, bring over, convince, expostulate, get, get round, induce, lead, make smb. listen to reason, outrun, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, reassure, remonstrate, rub in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تعهد (assurance, bind, bond, care, commit oneself, commitment, contract, engage, engagement, guardianship, mind, nurse, obligation, pledge, plight, promise, protection, stipulate, undertake, undertaking, warrant), ‏طمئن (promise, reassure, rest), ‏ضمن (avouch, embody, enclose, ensure, farm out, guarantee, inclose, include, inside, insure, secure, sponsor, vouch, within), ‏أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant), ‏أمن (be safe, believe, feel, indemnify, insure, peace, safeness, safety, security, trustee, underwrite), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уверявам (affirm, profess, reassure, satisfy, warrant), убеждавам (admonish, argue, coax, convince, exhort, induce, lead, persuade, press, prevail, satisfy, talk over, urge, win), твърдя с увереност, гарантирам (engage, entrench, insure, intrench, safeguard, secure, underwrite, warrant), осигурявам (cover, ensure, indemnify, insure, provide, secure, stipulate), обезпечавам (cover, guarantee, insure, provide, secure, suit, support), застраховам (indemnify, insure, underwrite), подсигурявам (secure). (various references)

Chinese 

包管 (guarantee), 保证 (Assurance, Assuring, Ensure, guarantee, guaranteed, Guaranteeing, Guarantees, Guarantied, guaranty, Guarantying, Sureties, surety, Warrant). (various references)

Czech

zaruèit (guarantee, hypothecate, secure), zajistit (detain, ensure, make certain, make sure, pot, provide, safeguard, secure, vindicate), ujistit (affirm, reassure, reinsure), ubezpeèit (convince, re-assure), pojistit (cover, hedge, insure, underwrite). (various references)

Danish

forsikre (affirm, certify, make certain). (various references)

Dutch

verzekeren (affirm, assert, certify, insure, state), betuigen (affirm, certify, declare, express, state). (various references)

Esperanto

certigi (certify, make certain). (various references)

Faeroese

vissa um (affirm), leggja dýran við (affirm). (various references)

Farsi 

مجاب کردن (Confute), اطمینان دادن (Vouch), بیمه کردن (Insure). (various references)

Finnish

vakuuttaa (convince, insure, persuade, protest). (various references)

French

garantir, certifier, assurer. (various references)

Frisian

ferwisje (affirm), fersekerje (affirm, insure). (various references)

German

versichern (affirm, ensure, indemnify, insure, profess, protest, reassure, to affirm, to assure, to ensure, to insure, to reassure), zusichern (ensure, pledge, promise, to ensure), sicherstellen (back up, ensure, guarantee, keep safe, recover, secure, take possession of, to assure, to secure). (various references)

Greek 

διαβεβαιώνω (affirm, avow, confirm). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"בטיח (avow, give one's word, make certain, make sure, promise, reassure, reserve, vouch). (various references)

Hungarian

biztossá tesz. (various references)

Indonesian

menanggung (bear, guarantee, responsible for). (various references)

Italian

assicurare (affirm, belay, ensure, fasten, fasten oneself, fix, guarantee, indemnify, insure, insure oneself, make sure, register, save, secure, take out an insurance, underwrite). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

請け合う (to assure, to guarantee, to undertake), 見届ける (to ascertain, to assure oneself of, to make sure of, to see with one's own eyes), 未届ける (to ascertain, to assure oneself of, to make sure of, to see with one's own eyes). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うけあう (to assure, to guarantee, to take on a task and guarantee success, to undertake), みとどける (to ascertain, to assure oneself of, to make sure of, to see with one's own eyes). (various references)

Korean 

확� 하십시�". (various references)

Manx

shickyraghey (affirm, affirmation, certify, certifying, convince, ensure, make sure, ratification, ratify, ratifying, secure, verify, vouch). (various references)

Papiamen

sigurá (affirm). (various references)

Pig Latin

assureay

Portuguese

assegurar (affirm, asseverate, enlist, ensure, insure, preserve, secure, shore up, state, vouch). (various references)

Romanian

asigura (affix, attach, cover, determine, ensure, fasten, find, fix, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, make fast, procure, promise, provide, provide for, reassure, secure, underwrite), încredinţa (commit, confide, consign to, convince, entrust, give over, leave to, recommend, tell, trust). (various references)

Russian 

гарантировать (assures, assuring, ensure, guaranteed, secure, undertake, underwrite, underwrote, warrant). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uveriti (convince, sell), osigurati (bond, indemnify, insure, safeguard, secure, underwrite), obezbediti (ensure, insure, provide, put through, safeguard, safeguard against, secure, supply). (various references)

Spanish

asegurar (adjust, affirm, anchor, assert, beat up, belay, ensure, fasten, fix, guarantee, insure, latch, make certain, profess, reeve, secure, tread in, underwrite, warrant). (various references)

Swedish

försäkra (affirm, aver, avouch, avow, ensure, indemnify, insure, re-assure, secure, underwrite). (various references)

Turkish

temin etmek (cater, cater for, insure, make sure, procure, promise, provide, provide with, supply, warrant), sigortalamak (insure, secure), sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), sağlama almak (batten, ensure, entrench, insure, intrench, make sure, play it safe, secure, skid, underwrite), söz vermek (commit, covenant, engage, give an undertaking, give one's word, guarantee, impawn, make a promise, pledge, pledge one's word, plight, promise, take the pledge, undertake), inandırmak (assure smb. that, convince, make believe, persuade, satisfy, sell smb. on, talk smb. into smth., wash), ikna etmek (argue, argue smb. into smth., bring, bring over, bring round, cajole, coax, convince, convince smb. of smth., dispose, draw, entice, fast-talk, have a way with, induce, influence, interest, jolly, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, satisfy, sell smb. on, wheedle, win, win smb. round), garanti etmek (engage, guarantee, stipulate, undertake, vouch, warrant), güvenceye almak (secure). (various references)

Ukrainian

страхувати (cover, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, secure), гарантувати (avouch, guarantee, guaranty, insure, safeguard, warrant), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), забезпечувати (document, ensure, feed, fit out, fix out, furnish, nourish, provide), запевняти (certify, convince, promise, protest, tell, warrant), переконувати (admonish, argue, bring, certify, convince, expostulate, reason, satisfy, talk over, urge). (various references)

Welsh

yswirio (insure), sicrhau (affirm, confirm, secure), sicr.hau (affirm, affix, confirm, secure). (various references)

ad-, pigneratis. (various references)

aseurer. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "assure": assured, assuredly, assuredness, assurednesses, assureds, assurer, assurers, assures. (additional references)

Words ending with "assure": reassure. (additional references)

Words containing "assure": reassured, reassures. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Assure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abscure, Ansorge, ashre, ashure, Ashurov, asire, asque, asre, Assaroe, assern, Assir, assuge, assuie, Assur, assuren, assuse, asture, Asue, asure, asuse, aussre, azusre, Azzara, Azzaro, Azzura, Azzuro, Batsuuri, casure, Essere, fassure, fasure, Isserre, Issor, issure, Kassire, katsuru, massure, Nassauer, nassirim, Saisuree, saure, Saussurea, ussuri, Wassira. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: urases.

-1 letter: arses, aures, rases, ruses, sears, suers, suras, urase, ureas, ursae, users.

-2 letters: ares, arse, ears, eras, rase, rues, ruse, sear, seas, sera, sers, suer, sues, sura, sure, urea, ursa, user, uses.

-3 letters: are, ars, ass, ear, eau, era, ers, ess, ras, res, rue, sae, sau, sea, ser, sue, use.

-4 letters: ae, ar, as, er.

+1 letter: abusers, amusers, arcuses, arguses, arouses, assumer, assured, assurer, assures, causers, cesuras, masseur, pausers, rasures, reseaus, rubasse, saucers, saugers, saurels, sauries, squares, sucrase, surbase, ureases, varuses.

+2 letters: abstruse, accusers, airbuses, anestrus, anserous, anureses, anuresis, arousers, arsenous, assumers, assureds, assurers, caesuras, carouses, chasseur, crusades, danseurs, dasyures, desugars, erasures, graduses, marquess, masquers, masseurs, measures, pastures, perusals, quashers, radiuses, reassume, reassure, recusals, refusals, rousseau, rubasses, saluters, saunters, scaupers, seculars, senarius, sevrugas, squarers, squarest, squasher, statures, subareas, subraces, sucrases, sudaries, surbased, surbases, surcease, surfaces, surnames, surtaxes, unswears, upraises, upstares, uraeuses, walruses.