versichern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assert verb To state something firmly and confidently, as if it were beyond doubt.
- assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
- guarantee noun A firm promise or assurance that something will happen or that a product will work as described.
- 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.
- reassure verb To restore someone's confidence by removing their doubts or fears.
- vouch verb To personally guarantee that someone or something is trustworthy or genuine, often based on your own experience.
Senses
versichern is used for these senses in English:
- assert (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- assure (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
- guarantee To give an assurance that something will be done right.
- 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.
- reassure (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
- vouch To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
assert — full definition
- verb To state something firmly and confidently, as if it were beyond doubt.
- verb To insist on a right, claim, or opinion, refusing to be ignored or overridden.
assure — full definition
- verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
- verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.