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Definition: Assurance |
AssuranceNoun1. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority". 2. A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something: "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret". 3. A statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected". 4. A British term for some kinds of insurance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assurance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Bible | Assurance The resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the "assurance" (Gr. pistis, generally rendered "faith") or pledge God has given that his revelation is true and worthy of acceptance. The "full assurance [Gr. plerophoria, 'full bearing'] of faith" (Heb. 10:22) is a fulness of faith in God which leaves no room for doubt. The "full assurance of understanding" (Col. 2:2) is an entire unwavering conviction of the truth of the declarations of Scripture, a joyful steadfastness on the part of any one of conviction that he has grasped the very truth. The "full assurance of hope" (Heb. 6:11) is a sure and well-grounded expectation of eternal glory (2 Tim. 4:7, 8). This assurance of hope is the assurance of a man's own particular salvation. This infallible assurance, which believers may attain unto as to their own personal salvation, is founded on the truth of the promises (Heb. 6:18), on the inward evidence of Christian graces, and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption (Rom. 8:16). That such a certainty may be attained appears from the testimony of Scripture (Rom. 8:16; 1 John 2:3; 3:14), from the command to seek after it (Heb. 6:11; 2 Pet. 1:10), and from the fact that it has been attained (2 Tim. 1:12; 4:7, 8; 1 John 2:3; 4:16). This full assurance is not of the essence of saving faith. It is the result of faith, and posterior to it in the order of nature, and so frequently also in the order of time. True believers may be destitute of it. Trust itself is something different from the evidence that we do trust. Believers, moreover, are exhorted to go on to something beyond what they at present have when they are exhorted to seek the grace of full assurance (Heb. 10:22; 2 Pet. 1:5-10). The attainment of this grace is a duty, and is to be diligently sought. "Genuine assurance naturally leads to a legitimate and abiding peace and joy, and to love and thankfulness to God; and these from the very laws of our being to greater buoyancy, strength, and cheerfulness in the practice of obedience in every department of duty." This assurance may in various ways be shaken, diminished, and intermitted, but the principle out of which it springs can never be lost. (See FAITH.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | The confidence that may be held in the security provided by a Target of Evaluation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Assurance Audacity, brazen self-confidence. "His assurance is quite unbearable." To make assurance double sure. To make security doubly secure. "But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate." Shakespeare: Macbeth, iv. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Assurance has been defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as 'Independent Professional Services that improve information quality or it context'. Such services are very broad and could include assessments of internet security and quality of health facilities.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Assurance."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ASIA | English | Asian Securitisation and Infrastructure Assurance Pte Ltd | Insurance |
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Synonyms: AssuranceSynonyms: authority (n), confidence (n), pledge (n), self-assurance (n), self-confidence (n), sureness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | Asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition; (record); avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment; (assent); legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration. |
Belief | Noun: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation; (hope); dependence on, reliance on. |
Caution | Verb: be cautious; Adjective: take care, take heed, take good care; have a care mind, what one is about; be on one's guard; (keep watch); "make assurance doubly sure". |
Certainty | Render certain; Adjective: insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, " make assurance double sure "; know; (believe). |
Noun: certainty; necessity; surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness; Adjective: infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness. | |
Chance 2 | Statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances; bookmaking; assurance; speculation, gaming. |
Expectation | Hope; trust; (belief); auspices; (prediction); assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance. |
Hope | Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance. |
Insolence | Impudence, assurance, audacity, hardihood, front, face, brass; shamelessness; Adjective: effrontery, hardened front, face of brass. |
Promise | Noun: promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath; (affirmation); profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract; stipulation. |
Safety | Make assurance doubly sure; (caution); take up a loose thread; take precautions; (prepare for); double reef topsails. |
Security | Muniment, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter; (compact); charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil. |
Vanity | Airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism; egotism; priggism, priggishness; coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation; pride; ostentation; assurance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Before any of you accept, I should like to make it unmistakably clear that the dangers of this journey are above and beyond anything that the Space Corps or your own governments have any right to ask of you. I can give you confounded little reason for this attempt to reach Mars, and no assurance at all that it will even be successful (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley) I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal (2001: A Space Odyssey; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick; Arthur C. Clarke) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) London Assurance (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Equitable Life Assurance offices, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Dwight L. Moody | Light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord's return, and the assurance of everlasting glory. |
Jeremy Collier | Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. |
John Locke | One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. |
Nicholas Breton | Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe. |
Samuel Johnson | It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability. |
Scott | It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And therefore, though perhaps at first , (as shall be shewed more at large hereafter in the following part of this discourse) some one good and excellent man having got a pre -eminency amongst the rest, had this deference paid to his goodness and virtue, as to a kind of natural authority, that the chief rule, with arbitration of their differences, by a tacit consent devolved into his hands, without any other caution, but the assurance they had of his uprightness and wisdom; yet when time, giving authority, and (as some men would persuade us) sacredness of customs, which the negligent, and unforeseeing innocence of the first ages began, had brought in successors of another stamp, the people finding their properties not secure under the government, as then it was, (whereas government has no other end but the preservation of property) could never be safe nor at rest, nor think themselves in civil society, till the legislature was placed in collective bodies of men, call them senate, parliament, or what you please.* By which means every single person became subject, equally with other the meanest men, to those laws, which he himself, as part of the legislative, had established; nor could any one, by his own authority; avoid the force of the law, when once made; nor by any pretence of superiority plead exemption, thereby to license his own, or the miscarriages of any of his dependents.** No man in civil society can be exempted from the laws of it: for if any man may do what he thinks fit, and there be no appeal on earth, for redress or security against any harm he shall do; I ask, whether he be not perfectly still in the state of nature, and so can be no part or member of that civil society; unless any one will say, the state of nature and civil society are one and the same thing, which I have never yet found any one so great a patron of anarchy as to affirm. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Insurance contracts shall be considered as contracts of life assurance for the purpose of paragraphs 11 to 14 when they depend on the probabilities of human life combined with the rate of interest for the calculation of the reciprocal engagements between the two parties. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | On the contrary, there will be an overwhelming assurance of security. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But they were always looking about with a disagreeable assurance. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And then he lost some of his assurance. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Upon him, railing at him ever since, and putting others upon the same experiment, with equal assurance of success, as well as equal disappointment |
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Health | Appropriate professional organizations should develop guidelines for training and for quality assurance. (references) | |
Assurance of transfusion safety relies upon effective public health surveillance for emerging infectious diseases. (references) | ||
Studies that determine the optimal means of quality assurance, trouble-shooting, and service (i.e., support) for home apnea monitors are needed. (references) | ||
Business | ISO 9000 quality management and quality assurance standards. (references) | |
ISO 9000 covers quality management and quality assurance standards. (references) | ||
The ISO-9000 certification for quality assurance is not mandatory in Italy. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Some groups have been reluctant to invest in the purchase of property without assurance that the registration would be approved. (references) |
Economic History | Ukraine | Many consumers in Ukraine are unaware of competitive pricing and quality assurance. (references) |
Barbados | Information is thought to be current but no assurance as to the accuracy of information contained herein is made. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guinea | Magistrates are civil servants with no assurance of tenure. (references) |
Kenya | For those who have been charged, it often is possible to be released on bail with a bond or other assurance of the suspect's return. (references) | |
Turkey | After arraignment the judge may release the accused upon receipt of an appropriate assurance, such as bail, or order him detained if the court determines that he is likely to flee the jurisdiction or destroy evidence. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Effective April 1, 2001, all U.S. certified organic foods must be certified by organizations accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture in order to be marketed as "organic." The USDA's ISO Guide 65 accreditation program provides sufficient assurance that certified products meet Japanese standards. (references) |
Trade | France | Contracts between firms now often include a request for quality assurance. (references) |
Eritrea | ESI conducts periodic quality assurance tests on samples of declared products. (references) | |
Travel | Poland | If the decision is positive, the office will mail a "Promesa" (an assurance of permit issuance) to the employer. (references) |
Worker Rights | Ghana | Often an assurance is given that after several years' service, the housemaid would be sponsored to train in dressmaking or hairdressing. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them. In the lines following, addressed to an Emperor in exile by Father Gassalasca Jape, the reverend poet appears to hint his sense of the improduence of turning about to face Retribution when it is talking exercise: What, what! Dom Pedro, you desire to go Back to Brazil to end your days in quiet? Why, what assurance have you 'twould be so? 'Tis not so long since you were in a riot, And your dear subjects showed a will to fly at Your throat and shake you like a rat. You know That empires are ungrateful; are you certain Republics are less handy to get hurt in? |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Enough, however, is known already to afford an assurance that the views of that act have been substantially fulfilled. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | If in the course of your observations or inquiries they should appear to need any aid within the limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | To avoid this delay our minister in Paris, in virtue of the assurance given by the French minister in the United States, strongly urged the convocation of the Chambers at an earlier day, but without success. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | I find also much comfort in remembering that my countrymen are just and generous and in the assurance that they will not condemn those who by sincere devotion to their service deserve their forbearance and approval. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Our best assurance lies in efficient administration of our proven system. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | There must be some assurance that effort and endeavor will be followed by success and prosperity. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The lack of that assurance would, I believe, aggravate the economic instability. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We trusted your assurance, because the weather was indeed poor in that area at that time. |
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| "Assurance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.95% of the time. "Assurance" is used about 1,611 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.95% | 1,465 | 5,535 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.8% | 142 | 26,554 |
| Noun (common) | 0.25% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,611 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Belgium | P & V (Prevoyance & Voorzorg) Assurance | Canada | Canada Life Assurance Company |
| Malaysia | Malaysia British Assurance Berhad | South Africa | African Life Assurance Co. Ltd. |
| Thailand | Ayudhya CMG Life Assurance Public Co. Ltd. | United Kingdom | Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association |
| USA | American Skandia Life Assurance Corp | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "assurance": assurance company ♦ child's deferred assurance ♦ Collateral assurance ♦ Dairy Products Quality Assurance Board ♦ decreasing term assurance ♦ dowry assurance ♦ Endowment assurance ♦ life assurance ♦ make assurance doubly sure ♦ project assurance ♦ quality assurance ♦ quality assurance representative ♦ recurring endowment assurance ♦ software quality assurance ♦ to make assurance doubly sure ♦ wedding day assurance. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "assurance": assurance-owned. | |
Ending with "assurance": life-assurance, quality-assurance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assurance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zotim (commitment, engagement, obligation, pledge, vow), vetëbesim (overconfidence, self confidence, self esteem, self sufficiency, self-assurance, self-importance), siguri (aplomb, assuredness, asylum, certainty, certitude, confidence, cover, dependability, guaranty, hostage, reliability, reliance, safety, security, sureness, surety, trustiness), garanci (bail, cover, earnest, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pawn, pledge, recognizance, surety, warrant, warranty), bindje (amenability, assuredness, cogency, conformity, conviction, docility, expostulation, obedience, persuasion, politics, suasion, submission). (various references) | |
Arabic | قناعة (certainty, content, contentedness, contentment, conviction, persuasion, satisfaction, temperance), وعد (engagement, pledge, plight, promise, troth, word), توكيد (accent, affirmation, assertion, assertiveness, confirmation, emphasis, predication), تعهد (assure, bind, bond, care, commit oneself, commitment, contract, engage, engagement, guardianship, mind, nurse, obligation, pledge, plight, promise, protection, stipulate, undertake, undertaking, warrant), تأمين حياة (life insurance), ثقة (belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, credit, faith, positivism, reliable, reliance, sureness, surety, trust), شجاعة (brace, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | увереност (certainty, certitude, confidence, reassurance, security, sureness, surety, trust), уверение (affirmation, certificate), самоувереност (aplomb, assuredness, boldness, cool, panache, poise, self confidence, self-assurance), самонаденост, сигурност (certainty, certitude, dependability, poise, reliability, safety, security, soundness, surety), осигуряване (indemnification, insurance, provision), обещание (engagement, faith, pledge, promise, undertaking, word), застраховка (cover, insurance), застраховане (indemnification). (various references) | |
Chinese | 把握 (certainty, grasp, hold, seize), 保证 (Assure, Assuring, Ensure, guarantee, guaranteed, Guaranteeing, Guarantees, Guarantied, guaranty, Guarantying, Sureties, surety, Warrant). (various references) | |
Czech | záruka (bail, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, safeguard, security, surety, trust, undertaking, warrant, warranty), ujištìní (reassurance, reinsurance), sebedùvìra (self confidence), jistota (aplomb, certainty, certitude, evidence, snip, sureness, surety). (various references) | |
Danish | softwarekvalitetssikring (software quality assurance), programmelkvalitetssikring (software quality assurance), opsat børneforsikring (child's deferred assurance), livsforsikring med rateudbetaling i levende live (recurring endowment assurance), livsforsikring (life assurance, life insurance), kortvarig livsforsikring med faldende sum (decreasing term assurance). (various references) | |
Dutch | zekerstelling, verzekering (affirmation, insurance). (various references) | |
Farsi | پشتگرمی , قید (Adverb, Bind, Bridle, Clog, Constraint, Encumbrance, Hamper, Manacle, Proviso, Qualification, Reservation, Rocker, Shackle, Tie), گستاخی (Arrogance, Audacity, Bronze, Effrontery, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Indecency, Insolence, Presumption), گرفتاری (Ado, Captivity, Constraint, Encumbrance, Hitch, Involvement, Mire, Plight, Scrape, Snarl), گروی , وثیقه (Caution, Earnest, Guarantee, Guaranty, Pawn, Pledge, Premium, Security, Surety), تعهد (Commitment, Committal, Guarantee, Mandate, Onus, Warranty), تضمین (Collateral, Guaranty, Seal, Security, Warranty), ضمانت (Bail, Bond, Guarantee, Guaranty, Pledge, Responsibility, Sponsorship, Warranty), خاطرجمعی (Cretain), اطمینان (Certainty, Certitude, Confidence, Cretain, Persuasion, Security, Surety, Trust), دلگرمی (Morale). (various references) | |
Finnish | varmuus (certainty, safety, security, sureness), vakuutus (affidavit, affirmation, declaration, insurance), vakaumus (conviction), itsevarmuus. (various references) | |
French | garantie, assurance (assertiveness, assuredness). (various references) | |
German | versicherung (affirmation, indemnification, indemnity, insurance, insurance scheme, protestation, reassurance, underwriting), zusicherung (promise, undertaking), Vertrauen (confide, confidence, dependence, faith, have faith, have faith in, reliance, rely, to confide, to rely, to trust, trust, trustfulness). (various references) | |
Greek | διαβεβαίωση (affirmation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "בטח" (pledge, promise, protecting, security), בטוח חיים (life insurance), בטוח (assured, certain, confident, insurance, safe, secure, snug, sure), בטחון (confidence, defence, faith, safety, security, trust). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szavatolás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanggungan (bail, burden, dependent), jaminan (bail, collateral). (various references) | |
Italian | assicurazione (indemnity, insurance, undertaking, underwriting). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 保障 (guarantee, pledge, security, warranty), 保証 (guarantee, security), 保証 (guarantee, pledge, security, warranty). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほしょう (barrier reef, compensation, guarantee, pledge, reparation, security, sentry, warranty). (various references) | |
Korean | 보험 (INSURANCE). (various references) | |
Manx | shickyrys (certainty, conviction, security, stability, steadfastness, sureness, validity), raane (bail, bond, collateral, guarantee, hostage, pledge, surety). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | assuranceay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arrogância (arrogance, arrogation, assumingness, audacity, bigness, loftiness, morgue, presumption, pride, self-assertion, swank), presunção (airs, arrogance, assumption, conceit, concetto, coxcombry, daring, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, puppyism, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-importance, self-sufficiency, self-support, surmise, swagger, swank, vainglory, vanity), garantia (assertion, bail, caution, chit, contention, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, handsel, hansel, lien, palladium, pawn, pledge, safe conduct, safeguard, sea-letter, sponsion, voucher, warrant, warranty, word), firmeza (consistence, consistency, constancy, fastness, firmless, fixation, fixity, flatiron, hardness, immovability, iron, ironwork, persistence, poise, resolution, solidity, stability, standfast, substance, substantiality, tenacity), confiança (affiance, assuredness, belief, confidence, credit, dependability, dependence, dependency, faith, reliability, reliance, reposal, trust), certeza (assuredness, certain, certainty, certitude, confidence, security, surety). (various references) | |
Romanian | asigurare (ensuring, faith, indemnity, insurance, provision, reassurance), aroganţã (arrogance, assumption, haughtiness, pride, rashness, side), aplomb (cheek, coolness, impudence, self possession, self-assurance), afirmaţie (affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, contention, predication, proposition, say, saying, statement), siguranţã (assuredness, certainty, cocksureness, confidence, fuse, light fuse, lock, reliability, resolution, retentiveness, safety, security, surety), garanţie (bail, bailment, earnest, faith, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, indemnification, liability, lien, pledge, recognizance, security, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, token, warrant), certitudine (assuredness, certainty, certitude, resolution, surety). (various references) | |
Russian | страхование (insurance), самоуверенность (assuredness, boldness, overconfidence, self confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence), гарантия страховый, заверение. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uverenost, uverenje (assuredness, certainty, testimonial), obećanje (pledge, promise, undertaking). (various references) | |
Spanish | certeza (assuredness, certainty, determinateness, determination, sureness, surety). (various references) | |
Swedish | försäkring (indemnity, insurance), försäkran (affirmation, avowal, earnest, protestation). (various references) | |
Turkish | vâât (commitment, faith, pledge, plight, promise, undertaking, word), teminât (bail, caution, caution money, deposit, down payment, earnest, Gage, guarantee, hostage, indemnification, indemnity, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant), sigorta (fuse, fuze, insurabile, insurance), söz (commitment, committal, engagement, expression, faith, pledge, plight, promise, say, saying, sentence, spiel, statement, talk, term, upon my word, verbalism, vocable, voice, word, wordy), pişkinlik (assuredness, ripeness, shiftiness, sophistication, worldly wisdom), kendine çok güvenme, kendinden eminlik, güvence (guarantee, guaranty, indemnification, indemnity, reassurance, security, surety), güven (affiance, belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependance, dependence, faith, positiveness, reliance, sureness, trust). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | страхування (insurance), упевненість (assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, reliance, security, sureness, surety), твердість (assuredness, decision, firmness, hardness, resoluteness, resolution, solidity), гарантія (avouchment, guarantee, insurance, safeguard, safety, security, warrant, warranty), нахабство (audacity, barefacedness, chat, cheek, contumely, effrontery, hardihood, insolence, insolency, neck, nerve, sauce), запевнення (affirmation, profession), безстрашність (fearlessness, intrepidity). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tin chắc (certitude), sự chắc chắn (assuredness, ballast, certitude), sự cam đoan (guarantee, protest, protestation), sự đảm bảo sự tự tin sự trơ tráo, l m cho không thể nghi ngờ v o đâu được, điều tin chắc sự quả quyết, điều chắc chắn (natural). (various references) | |
Welsh | sicrwydd (certainty), hyfder (audacity, boldness), hyder (confidence, trust). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | confidentia, confidentiam, fides, fiducia. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 1, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti to euaggelion hmwn ouk egenhqh eiV umaV en logw monon alla kai en dunamei kai en pneumati agiw kai en plhroforia pollh kaqwV oidate oioi egenhqhmen en umin di umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia evangelium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermone tantum sed et in virtute et in Spiritu Sancto et in plenitudine multa sicut scitis quales fuerimus vobis propter vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forðy ure godspel ne com to eow ane mid wordum ac eac mid mihte, mid þæm Haligan Gaste and mid strangum gewisse. Ge cnawað hu we wunodon mid eow for eowrum freode. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For oure gospel was not at you in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ye witen, whiche we weren among you for you; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For oure gospell came not vnto you in worde only but also in power and also in the holy gost and in moche certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we behaued oure selves amonge you for youre sakes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 1, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | kay ang among Maayong Balita miabut kaninyo dili sa pulong ra, kondili inubanan usab sa gahum ug sa Espiritu Santo ug sa dakung pagsalig. Kamo nasayud unsang pagkatawhana kami diha sa inyong taliwala tungod kaninyo. |
| Croatian | jer evanðelje naše nije k vama došlo samo u rijeèi nego i u snazi, u Duhu Svetome i mnogostrukoj punini. Takvi smo, kao što znate, poradi vas meðu vama bili. |
| Danish | at vort Evangelium ikke kom til eder i Ord alene, men også i Kraft og i den Helligånd og i fuld Overbevisning, som I jo vide, hvorledes vi færdedes iblandt eder for eders Skyld. |
| Dutch | Want ons Evangelie is onder u niet alleen in woorden geweest, maar ook in kracht, en in den Heiligen Geest, en in vele verzekerdheid; gelijk gij weet, hoedanigen wij onder u geweest zijn om uwentwil. |
| Finnish | että meidän evankeliumimme tuli teidän tykönne, ei ainoastaan sanana, vaan myös voimana ja Pyhässä Hengessä ja suurella varmuudella - niinkuin tiedätte, millaisia me olimme teidän keskuudessanne, teidän tähtenne - |
| French | notre Évangile ne vous ayant pas été prêché en paroles seulement, mais avec puissance, avec l`Esprit Saint, et avec une pleine persuasion; car vous n`ignorez pas que nous nous sommes montrés ainsi parmi vous, cause de vous. |
| German | daß unser Evangelium ist bei euch gewesen nicht allein im Wort, sondern auch in der Kraft und in dem heiligen Geist und in großer Gewißheit; wie ihr denn wisset, welcherlei wir gewesen sind unter euch um euretwillen; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab kami menyampaikan Kabar Baik kepadamu bukan dengan kata-kata saja, tetapi juga dengan kuasa dan dengan Roh Allah. Dan kami yakin sekali akan kebenaran dari Kabar Baik itu. Kalian tahu bagaimana kami hidup untuk kepentinganmu ketika kami berada di tengah-tengah kalian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | karena pemberitaan Injil kami yang sudah sampai kepadamu itu bukannya dengan perkataan sahaja, melainkan juga dengan kuasa, dan dengan Rohulkudus, dan sangat yakin, seperti yang memang kamu tahu bagaimana kami sudah melakukan diri di antara kamu karena kamu. |
| Italian | Il nostro vangelo, infatti, non si è diffuso fra voi soltanto per mezzo della parola, ma anche con potenza e con Spirito Santo e con profonda convinzione, come ben sapete che siamo stati in mezzo a voi per il vostro bene. |
| Maori | Kihai hoki ta matou rongopai i tae atu ki a koutou i runga i te kupu anake, engari i te kaha, i te Wairua Tapu, nui atu hoki te u o te ngakau; pera ano me koutou e matau na ki to matou ahua i roto i a koutou, he whakaaro ki a koutou. |
| Norwegian | For vårt evangelium kom ikke til eder bare i ord, men og i kraft og i den Hellige Ånd og i stor fullvisshet, likesom I jo vet hvorledes vi var iblandt eder for eders skyld, |
| Rumanian | Kn adevqr, Evanghelia noastrq v`a fost propovqduitq nu numai cu vorbe, ci cu putere, cu Duhul Sfknt wi cu o mare kndrqsnealq. Cqci wtiyi cq, din dragoste pentru voi am fost awa printre voi. |
| Shuar | Enentáimpratarum. Iisha Yúsai Uwempratin Chicham atumin ujakmajnia nusha aya Chíchamjain Tíchamji. Antsu Nú arant, nu chicham nekasaiti tusar Yusa Wakaní kakarmarijiai Tímiaji. Tura átum pénker matsamsarat tusar atumjai pujusar shiir iruntrar wekasarmiaji. Nusha paant nékarme. |
| Swahili | maana wakati tulipowahubirieni ile Habari Njema haikuwa kwa maneno tu, bali pia kwa nguvu na kwa Roho Mtakatifu, tukiwa na hakika kwamba ujumbe huo ulikuwa wa kweli. Mnajua jinsi tulivyoishi pamoja nanyi; tuliishi kwa manufaa yenu. |
| Swedish | vårt evangelium kom till eder icke med ord allenast, utan i kraft och helig ande och med full visshet. I veten ock på vad sätt vi uppträdde bland eder, till edert bästa. |
| Uma | Ki'inca toe apa' uma kiparata kareba mara hi koi' ompi'. Kareba Lompe' to kiparata-kokoi toe, kiparata hante baraka' ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli'. Pai' kiparasaya mpu'u kamakono-na Kareba Lompe' toe. Ni'inca moto kehi-kai pai' petulungi-kai hi koi' bula-kai hi retu-pidi wengi dohe-ni. Kehi-kai toe-le mpakanoto-kokoi kamakono-na Kareba to kikeni. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "assurance": assurances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "assurance": reassurance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "assurance": reassurances. (additional references) | |
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"Assurance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assoance, assureance, assurence, assurgance, assurrance, asurance, issurance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assurance" (pronounced ushuh"runs) |
| 7 | u sh uh" r u n s | reassurance. |
| 6 | -sh uh" r u n s | insurance, reinsurance. |
| 4 | -r u n s | abhorrence, adherence, appearance, circumference, Clarence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, incoherence, interference, noninterference, perseverance, preponderance, reappearance, recalcitrance, remembrance, teleconference, videoconference. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, |
