assicurare — 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.
- engage verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
- ensure verb To make certain that something happens or is true.
- 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.
- secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.
Senses
assicurare is used for these senses in English:
- assure (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
- assure (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
- belay (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- belay (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
- engage (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- ensure (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]
- 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.
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.
belay — full definition
- verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
- verb To secure a rope firmly around a fixed point such as a cleat.
- verb As a command, to stop or cancel an action already underway.