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.

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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  

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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

Anagrams for ensure »

1. enures

2. ensuer

How to pronounce ensure?

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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. Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne:

   The wish of the international community is that the black boxes be sent where they should be sent ... to ensure we have proper technical expertise when (they) are opened.

2. Chief Executive Dido Harding:

   We are spot on where we want to be, we have focused on bringing churn down, and we'll be completely rational about going into the market to acquire new customers at affordable prices in order to ensure we'll meet all our targets.

3. Ayanna Pressley:

   With the economic impact of this pandemic worsening and the threat of eviction and homelessness looming large for families nationwide, we must take every measure possible to keep families safely housed, forgive all rental debt and ensure that the credit scores of hard-hit families are not forever tarnished.

4. Kenneth Fox:

   The pandemic revealed to all what we’ve long known is true: schools are important community hubs that meet fundamental needs like access to food, health and mental health supports and services, as well as other kinds of protection, while schools continue to meet those needs, we think they will also serve as sites of community healing where public health strategies and systems can converge and align to serve families in innovative ways. This convergence may be a powerful way to address the increased mental health needs the pandemic has wrought among our students, especially those from Black and Latinx communities, to ensure equitable access to support and care.

5. Siddharth Purohit:

   The mergers have been done selectively to ensure that the stronger banks are not impacted due to the weaker banks in the merger process.

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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