sicherstellen — meaning in English

English meaning

• ensure verb To make certain that something happens or is true.
• indemnify verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
• make sure phrase To take action to confirm that something is true or that something happens as intended.

Senses

sicherstellen is used for these senses in English:

• ensure (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]
• indemnify To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
• make a point (idiomatic) To take care in doing something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.
• make sure To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]

indemnify — full definition

1. verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
2. verb To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.

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