What does ensure mean?

Definitions for ensure
ɛnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜren·sure

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. 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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Ensureverb

    to make sure. See Insure

  2. Ensureverb

    to betroth

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ensure

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

Editors Contribution

  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  

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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

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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. Andi Schmid:

    Lizzy has been managing the pain in her back for some time now and we were all of the same opinion that an operation was in the best interests of Lizzy's health and wellbeing, we are delighted that the surgery was a success and we will now ensure that Lizzy has all the support she needs to facilitate her recovery.

  2. Philip Hammond:

    This isn't just about cooperating with the French authorities - it's about cooperating across Europe with intelligence agencies, with police authorities to ensure that we intercept these people, we identify them and we prevent them going about their murderous plans wherever they are planning and plotting and wherever they are seeking to attack.

  3. Adriel Hampton:

    The genesis of President Trump re-election campaign is social media regulation and to ensure there is not an exemption in fact-checking specifically for politicians like Donald Trump who like to lie online.

  4. Eric Pujo:

    Our objective very quickly is to reach 20 liters per day per person to ensure people have proper access to safe water in terms of quality and quantity.

  5. Esperanza Huayama:

    Justice for us would be for the government to ensure that this never happens again. They need to say sorry. We're waiting for an apology.

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