Definitions for ENSURE
ɛnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜren·sure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secureverb

   make certain of

   "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"

2. see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assureverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ensureverb

   To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

2. ensureverb

   To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

3. Etymology: From enseurer, from seur.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Ensureverb

   Etymology: from sure, assurer, French.

   1. To ascertain; to make certain; to secure.

   It is easy to entail debts on succeeding ages, but how to ensure peace for any term of years is difficult enough. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To exempt any thing from hazard by paying a certain sum, on condition of being reimbursed for miscarriage.3. To promise reimbursement of any miscarriage for a certain reward stipulated.

   A mendicant contracted with a country fellow for a quantity of corn, to ensure his sheep for that year. Roger L'Estrange.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ensure

   Ensure is an American brand of nutritional supplements and meal replacements manufactured by Abbott Laboratories. A 237-ml (8-fl oz) bottle of Ensure Original contains 220 calories, six grams of fat, 15 grams of sugar, and nine grams of protein. The top six ingredients are water, corn maltodextrin, sugar, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, and soy protein isolate. Ensure is considered lactose-free for people with lactose intolerance.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ensure

   To ensure is to make certain or guarantee that something will occur or be the case. It often involves taking actions or precautions to make sure a desired outcome happens or a specific condition is met.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Ensureverb

   to make sure. See Insure

2. Ensureverb

   to betroth

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Ensure

   en-shōōr′, v.t. to make sure. [See Insure.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ensure

   To secure or guarantee.

   They did ensure they created a unity government for the benefit of everyone.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Verify

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ENSURE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #947

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ENSURE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1774

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ENSURE' in Verbs Frequency: #163

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Anagrams for ENSURE »

1. enures

2. ensuer

How to pronounce ENSURE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say ENSURE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ENSURE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ENSURE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ENSURE in a Sentence

1. Sundar Pichai:

   I lead this company without political bias and work to ensure that our products continue to operate that way, to do otherwise would go against our core principles and our business interests.

2. Muhammad Lamoh:

   We understand that we need the power plant, and that this is less harmful than coal, but they must consult with the community and ensure that we have a stake in it, we see no benefit yet - we still have power outages.

3. Victor Shum:

   The market is going to be held in suspense for a few weeks, there is going to be pressure on the participants in the meeting to ensure they achieve something. Otherwise they risk the support-market sentiment that we are seeing now dissipate rapidly.

4. Senate Republicans:

   Months ago, Michigan received funds through the federal CARES Act, and we used that funding to quickly support front line workers, improve testing, ensure adequate PPE, provide additional support to out-of-work Michiganders, and deliver assistance to local businesses that are struggling through no fault of their own, we once again face a time in our state when additional support would go a long way to help those same residents who need our help.

5. Zhang Jianhua:

   Our most important task is to ensure energy security, how to ensure national energy security and economic and societal growth is always the No. 1 issue for our energy development.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ENSURE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ENSURE
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ENSURE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENSURE
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ENSURE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ENSURE
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ENSURE