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ensure: to make sure or certain; guarantee; to protect
insure: to take out or issue insurance; to pay or be paid money in the case of loss
assure: convince, make sure of something, to give confidence; to declare or promise confidently

Assure: The verb assure has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)

1. (21) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure -- (make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!")
2. (9) assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!")
3. (9) assure -- (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe")
4. (6) see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure -- (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")
5. (2) reassure, assure -- (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe")
6. (1) promise, assure -- (make a promise or commitment)

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Synonym: Assure

6 senses of assure

Sense 1
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure -- (make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!")

Sense 2
assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!")
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")

Sense 3
assure -- (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe")
=> persuade -- (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!")

Sense 4
see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure -- (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")
=> verify -- (confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim")

Sense 5
reassure, assure -- (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe")
=> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still -- (make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear")

Sense 6
promise, assure -- (make a promise or commitment)
=> declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")
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Coordinate Terms:  of 6 senses of assure

Sense 2
assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!")
-> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")
=> hold -- (assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good")
=> claim, take -- (lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea")
=> attest -- (authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature")
=> declare -- (state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent")
=> protest -- (affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence")
=> assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!")

Sense 3
assure -- (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe")
-> persuade -- (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!")
=> bring round, bring around -- (cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school")
=> badger -- (persuade through constant efforts)
=> sell -- (persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers")
=> chat up -- (talk to someone with the aim of persuading him)
=> talk into -- (persuade somebody to do something)
=> rope in -- (draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in several customers")
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle -- (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along")
=> convert, win over, convince -- (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product")
=> brainwash -- (persuade completely, often through coercion; "The propaganda brainwashed many people")
=> assure -- (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe")
=> charm, influence, tempt -- (induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money")
=> prevail -- (use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents")
=> drag -- (persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set")
=> tempt -- (try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert")
=> seduce, score, make -- (induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally")

Sense 4
see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure -- (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")
-> verify -- (confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim")
=> check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick -- (put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units")
=> see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure -- (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")
=> check -- (verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts")

Sense 5
reassure, assure -- (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe")
-> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still -- (make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear")
=> lull -- (calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security")
=> compose -- (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult")
=> pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer")
=> reassure, assure -- (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe")

Sense 6
promise, assure -- (make a promise or commitment)
-> declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")
=> plead -- (enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty")
=> profess -- (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist")
=> condemn -- (declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector")
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify -- (render holy by means of religious rites)
=> account, answer for -- (furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money")
=> propose, suggest, advise -- (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
=> promise, assure -- (make a promise or commitment)
=> promise -- (promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort")
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment -- (refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself)
=> sentence, condemn, doom -- (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison")
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate -- (state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty")
=> profess -- (state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")
=> swear, depose, depone -- (make a deposition; declare under oath)
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness -- (give testimony in a court of law)
=> decree -- (issue a decree; "The King only can decree")
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off -- (speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting")
=> count out -- (declare the loser)