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assurer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  • belay verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
  • ensure verb To make certain that something happens or is true.
  • insure verb To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
  • make sure phrase To take action to confirm that something is true or that something happens as intended.
  • rock noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.

Senses

assurer is used for these senses in English:

  • assure (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
  • belay (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
  • ensure (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]
  • insure (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
  • make sure To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]
  • rock (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

assure — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  2. verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.

belay — full definition

  1. verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
  2. verb To secure a rope firmly around a fixed point such as a cleat.
  3. verb As a command, to stop or cancel an action already underway.

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