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• /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger
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• General-American: /ɪnˈʃɝ/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 N SH UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). Doublet of insure.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: təmin etmək — make sure or certain
• Basque: segurtatu — make sure or certain
• Belarusian: упэўніцца (upewnicca) — make sure or certain
• Belarusian: упэўнівацца (upewnivacca) — make sure or certain
• Belarusian: пераканацца (pjerakanacca) — make sure or certain
• Belarusian: пераконвацца (pjerakónvacca) — make sure or certain
• Breton: asuri — make sure or certain
• Bulgarian: осигурявам (osigurjavam) — make sure or certain
• Bulgarian: осигуря́ (osigurjá) — make sure or certain
• Chinese Mandarin: 確保 /确保 (quèbǎo) — make sure or certain
• Czech: zajistit — make sure or certain
• Dutch: garanderen — make sure or certain
• Dutch: verzekeren — make sure or certain
• Dutch: waarborgen — make sure or certain
• Finnish: varmistaa — make sure or certain
• French: s'assurer — make sure or certain
• French: garantir — make sure or certain
• French: assurer — make sure or certain
• German: sicherstellen — make sure or certain
• German: gewährleisten — make sure or certain
• Haitian Creole: asire — make sure or certain
• Hungarian: gondoskodik — make sure or certain
• Hungarian: tesz róla — make sure or certain
• Hungarian: gondja van rá — make sure or certain
• Hungarian: biztosít — make sure or certain
• Ido: certigar — make sure or certain
• Italian: garantire — make sure or certain
• Italian: assicurare — make sure or certain
• Italian: fare in modo che — make sure or certain
• Lü: ᦁᦱᦙᦃᦱᧄᧈ (ʼaamẋaam1) — make sure or certain
• Malayalam: ഉറപ്പാക്കൂ (uṟappākkū) — make sure or certain
• Manx: shickyree — make sure or certain
• Māori: whakatūturu — make sure or certain
• Old English: lōcian — make sure or certain
• Polish: zapewnić — make sure or certain
• Polish: zapewniać — make sure or certain
• Polish: upewnić — make sure or certain
• Polish: upewniać — make sure or certain
• Polish: utwierdzić — make sure or certain
• Portuguese: garantir — make sure or certain
• Portuguese: assegurar — make sure or certain
• Romanian: asigura — make sure or certain
• Russian: удостове́риться (udostovéritʹsja) — make sure or certain
• Russian: убеди́ться (ubedítʹsja) — make sure or certain
• Russian: страхова́ться (straxovátʹsja) — make sure or certain
• Russian: подстрахова́ться (podstraxovátʹsja) — make sure or certain
• Spanish: asegurarse — make sure or certain
• Spanish: garantizarse — make sure or certain
• Spanish: velar por — make sure or certain
• Swedish: se till — make sure or certain
• Swedish: säkerställa — make sure or certain
• Turkish: sağlamak — make sure or certain
• Turkish: garantiye almak — make sure or certain
• Turkish: emin olmak — make sure or certain
• Turkish: güvence vermek — make sure or certain
• Ukrainian: забезпе́чувати (zabezpéčuvaty) — make sure or certain
• Ukrainian: забезпе́чити (zabezpéčyty) — make sure or certain
• Ukrainian: гарантува́ти (harantuváty) — make sure or certain
• Welsh: sicrháu — make sure or certain