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make sure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. make a point, make sureverb

    make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

Wiktionary

  1. make sureverb

    To verify; to recheck; to use extra care or caution.

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  1. make sure

    To "make sure" generally means to establish something with certainty or to verify, ensuring that something is correct, true, or has been done. It involves taking steps or actions to confirm that no doubt remains about the matter in question.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of make sure in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of make sure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of make sure in a Sentence

  1. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin:

    We want to make sure that every single small business can participate. We want to assure the workers that if you don't get the loan this week, there will be plenty of money for you next week.

  2. Matt Pottinger:

    They've conferred extremely closely, prime Minister Prime Minister Abe of Japan and the President are going to want to exchange views in advance of a summit with the North Korean leader so that we make sure Japanese and American interests are both fully accounted for.

  3. Kristen Stewart:

    Once I learned the curtsy and learned we’re not supposed to go in the kitchen ourselves and steal food, all those details, I don’t really remember them, but there was always someone to make sure we weren’t going out of line and staying authentic.

  4. Hisham Zaazou:

    They want to make sure there is a checklist, a manual for every airport ... what they call screening, second screening. They are reviewing all that process, it is there but they want to see if there are additional methods, additional equipment that we can get ... and we are doing that.

  5. Margrethe Vestager:

    So we may also need broader rules to make sure that the way companies collect and use data doesn't harm the fundamental values of our society.


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