- assure someone of
- promise something to someone
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assure someone of
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assure - ensure - insure — ◊ assure If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried. Please assure Matthew that my house is not about to slide into the … Useful english dictionary
assure */*/ — UK [əˈʃɔː(r)] / US [əˈʃʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms assure : present tense I/you/we/they assure he/she/it assures present participle assuring past tense assured past participle assured 1) formal to tell someone that something will definitely… … English dictionary
assure — [[t]əʃʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] assures, assuring, assured 1) VERB If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried. → See also assured [V… … English dictionary
assure — as|sure [ ə ʃur ] verb transitive * 1. ) FORMAL to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, especially in order to remove doubt about it: There s not much more I can say to assure you. assure someone of something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
assure — as·sure vt as·sured, as·sur·ing 1 chiefly Brit: insure 2 a: to inform positively the seller assured the buyer of his honesty b: to provide a guarantee of … Law dictionary
assure — ► VERB 1) tell (someone) something positively to dispel doubts. 2) make (something) certain to happen. 3) chiefly Brit. cover by assurance. DERIVATIVES assurer noun. ORIGIN Old French assurer, from Latin securus free from care … English terms dictionary
assure — as|sure W3S2 [əˈʃuə US əˈʃur] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: assurer, from Medieval Latin assecurare, from Latin ad to + securus safe ] 1.) to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true so that they… … Dictionary of contemporary English
assure — verb (T) 1 to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true so that they are less worried: assure sb that: Mom assured us that everything would be all right. | I (can) assure you: spoken: The document is genuine, I can… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
assure — /ə ʃυə/ verb to insure someone, or someone’s life, so that the insurance company will pay compensation when that person dies ● He has paid the premiums to have his wife’s life assured. (NOTE: Assure, assurer and assurance are used in Britain for… … Dictionary of banking and finance
assure — verb /əˈʃʊə/ a) To make sure and secure. I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client. b) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). That as a law for euer should endure; / Which… … Wiktionary
