assure

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• /əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger
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• /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ without the pour–poor merger
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• General-American: /əˈʃʊɹ/
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• General-American: /əˈʃɝ/
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• homophone: ashore (with the pour–poor merger)
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 SH UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: asuri — to make sure and secure
• Bulgarian: уверявам (uverjavam) — to make sure and secure
• Catalan: assegurar — to make sure and secure
• Danish: sikre — to make sure and secure
• Dutch: verzekeren — to make sure and secure
• Dutch: afzekeren — to make sure and secure
• Dutch: beveiligen — to make sure and secure
• Esperanto: certigi — to make sure and secure
• Estonian: kinnitama — to make sure and secure
• Finnish: varmistaa — to make sure and secure
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to make sure and secure
• German: sichern — to make sure and secure
• Italian: assicurare — to make sure and secure
• Malayalam: ഉറപ്പാക്കുക (uṟappākkuka) — to make sure and secure
• Manx: shickyree — to make sure and secure
• Norwegian Bokmål: sikre — to make sure and secure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sikre — to make sure and secure
• Occitan: assegurar — to make sure and secure
• Polish: zabezpieczyć — to make sure and secure
• Polish: asekurować — to make sure and secure
• Polish: pilnować — to make sure and secure
• Polish: ubezpieczać — to make sure and secure
• Portuguese: assegurar — to make sure and secure
• Romanian: asigura — to make sure and secure
• Russian: обеспе́чивать (obespéčivatʹ) — to make sure and secure
• Russian: обеспе́чить (obespéčitʹ) — to make sure and secure
• Slovak: zabezpečiť — to make sure and secure
• Slovak: zabezpečovať — to make sure and secure
• Spanish: asegurar — to make sure and secure
• Spanish: afianzar — to make sure and secure
• Spanish: segurar — to make sure and secure
• Turkish: temin etmek — to make sure and secure
• Turkish: güvence altına almak — to make sure and secure
• Ukrainian: забезпечувати (zabezpečuvaty) — to make sure and secure
• Ukrainian: гарантува́ти (harantuváty) — to make sure and secure
• Arabic: أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніваць (zapéwnivacʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніць (zapéwnicʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Bulgarian: убеждавам (ubeždavam) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Bulgarian: удостоверявам (udostoverjavam) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Catalan: assegurar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Danish: forsikre — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Dutch: verzekeren — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Estonian: veenma — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• French: assurer — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• German: versichern — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Greek: διαβεβαιώνω (diavevaióno) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Hungarian: biztosít — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Italian: assicurare — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Italian: garantire — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Malayalam: ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (uṟappunalkuka) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsikre — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forsikre — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Occitan: assegurar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Polish: zapewniać — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Polish: zapewnić — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Polish: upewniać — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Polish: upewnić — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Portuguese: assegurar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Portuguese: garantir — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Romanian: asigura — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: заверя́ть (zaverjátʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: заве́рить (zavéritʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: уверя́ть (uverjátʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: уве́рить (uvéritʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Russian: убеди́ть (ubedítʹ) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Slovak: ubezpečiť — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Slovak: ubezpečovať — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Spanish: asegurar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Spanish: avalar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Spanish: afiar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Spanish: cerciorar — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Swedish: försäkra — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Thai: ให้คํามั่น — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Ukrainian: запевня́ти (zapevnjáty) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Ukrainian: запе́внити (zapévnyty) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Ukrainian: гарантувати (harantuvaty) — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Walloon: acertiner — to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
• Bulgarian: вдъхвам увереност (vdǎhvam uverenost) — to reassure
• Dutch: verzekeren — to reassure
• Dutch: geruststellen — to reassure
• Finnish: varmistaa — to reassure
• French: rassurer — to reassure
• Hungarian: biztosít — to reassure
• Malayalam: ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (uṟappunalkuka) — to reassure
• Polish: upewnić — to reassure
• Polish: upewniać — to reassure
• Russian: обнадёживать (obnadjóživatʹ) — to reassure
• Russian: обнадёжить (obnadjóžitʹ) — to reassure
• Slovak: ubezpečiť — to reassure
• Slovak: ubezpečovať — to reassure
• Spanish: asegurar — to reassure