ENSURE DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
ensure v 1: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 2: 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" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] ensure nereus ensure c.1385, from Anglo-Fr. enseurer, from en- "make" + O.Fr. seur "sure," probably infl. by O.Fr. asseurer "assure." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) ensure transitive verb (ensured; ensuring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ensurer, alteration of assurer — more at assure Date: 1660 to make sure, certain, or safe ; guarantee Synonyms: ensure, insure, assure, secure mean to make a thing or person sure. ensure, insure and assure are interchangeable in many contexts where they indicate the making certain or inevitable of an outcome, but ensure may imply a virtual guarantee <the government has ensured the safety of the refugees>, while insure sometimes stresses the taking of necessary measures beforehand <careful planning should insure the success of the party>, and assure distinctively implies the removal of doubt and suspense from a person's mind <I assure you that no harm will be done>. secure implies action taken to guard against attack or loss <sent reinforcements to secure their position>. Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary ensure (ensures, ensuring, ensured) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. To ensure something, or to ensure that something happens, means to make certain that it happens. (FORMAL) Britain's negotiators had ensured that the treaty which resulted was a significant change in direction... ...the President's Council, which ensures the supremacy of the National Party. VERB: V that, V n English Explanatory Dictionary ensure ɪnˈʃuə v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that + clause) make certain. 2 (usu. foll. by to, for) secure (a thing for a person etc.). 3 (usu. foll. by against) make safe. øøensurer n. [ME f. AF enseârer f. OF aseârer ASSURE] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Insure \In"sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insured; p. pr. & vb. n. Insuring.] [OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a change of prefix. See 1st In-, and Sure, and cf. Assure, Ensure.] [Written also ensure.] 1. To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one. 2. Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ensure \En*sure"\, v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure. 2. To betroth. [Obs.] --Sir T. More. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms ensure v. a. Make secure, render certain, make sure. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) ensure ɪnˈʃuə v. 1 insure, assure, make sure or certain, confirm, certify, guarantee; secure, effect: He must ensure that there is no leak. 2 insure, protect, make safe, safeguard, guard, secure: The captain is responsible for ensuring the safety of the passengers. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 79 Moby Thesaurus words for "ensure": arm, armor, arrange, ascertain, assure, attest, back, be sponsor for, bless, bond, certify, champion, cinch, clear up, clinch, cloak, compass about, confirm, copyright, countersecure, cover, cushion, decide, defend, determine, dismiss all doubt, effect, endorse, establish, fence, fend, find out, fix, get at, guarantee, guaranty, guard, harbor, haven, insure, keep, keep from harm, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make safe, make sure, make sure of, nail down, nestle, patent, police, protect, provide, reassure, register, remove all doubt, ride shotgun for, safeguard, screen, secure, see that, see to it, set at rest, set out, settle, shelter, shield, shroud, sign, sign for, sort out, sponsor, stand behind, stand up for, subscribe to, undersign, underwrite, warrant |
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