What does ensure mean?
Definitions for ensure
ɛnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜren·sure
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Princeton's WordNet
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secureverb
make certain of
"This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"
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"
Wiktionary
ensureverb
To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
ensureverb
To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
Etymology: From enseurer, from seur.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Ensureverb
Etymology: from sure, assurer, French.
It is easy to entail debts on succeeding ages, but how to ensure peace for any term of years is difficult enough. Jonathan Swift.
A mendicant contracted with a country fellow for a quantity of corn, to ensure his sheep for that year. Roger L'Estrange.
Webster Dictionary
Ensureverb
to make sure. See Insure
Ensureverb
to betroth
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ensure
en-shōōr′, v.t. to make sure. [See Insure.]
Editors Contribution
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
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Rank popularity for the word 'ensure' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #947
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Rank popularity for the word 'ensure' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1774
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ensure' in Verbs Frequency: #163
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ensure in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ensure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of ensure in a Sentence
I think the atmosphere is a little better now. Time has passed and I’m hoping now we can ensure with the right jury to give him what he’s entitled to, let’s make sure he has an impartial jury and a fair trial and let the chips fall where they may. And hopefully they do fall on the acquittal side.
We are thrilled to have Lorella Praeli, a DREAMer, join our team because of her courage and perspective in the fight for Latino families across the country, her experiences and relationships will be valuable in developing the coalition to ensure the Latino community has a voice in this campaign and in this country.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest:
We call on the Turkish government to ensure full respect for due process and equal treatment under the law, and in a democratic society, critical opinions should be encouraged not silenced.
We are on a journey, and though we don't have all the answers today, we know that our scale, along with investments of time, talent and resources will bring meaningful impact to the planet and ensure the sustainability of our business for decades to come.
Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos:
Each country wants to have more vaccines, and these commitments, which have already been made, ensure that we vaccinate 9 million people.
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Translations for ensure
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- осигурявамBulgarian
- zajistitCzech
- sicherstellen, gewährleistenGerman
- asegurarSpanish
- assurerFrench
- shickyreeManx
- asireHaitian Creole
- certigarIdo
- garantireItalian
- verzekeren, ervoor zorgenDutch
- garantirPortuguese
- asiguraRomanian
- удостовериться, убедитьсяRussian
- se till, säkerställaSwedish
- உறுதிTamil
- garantiye almak, sağlamak, emin olmakTurkish
- 确保Chinese
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