noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/əˈʃɔːɹəns/pour–poor merger
/əˈʃʊəɹəns/without the pour–poor merger
General-American:/əˈʃʊɹəns/
General-American:/əˈʃɝəns/
rhymes with -ʊəɹəns
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 SH UH1 R AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 2
The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
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Meaning 3
Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
His assurance is intolerable.
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5
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Meaning 5
Betrothal; affiance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning 6
Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, insurance
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7
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Meaning 7
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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8
noun
Meaning 8
Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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9
noun
Meaning 9
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
