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обеспе́чивать — meaning in English

obespechivat

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English meaning

  • assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  • cater verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
  • endow verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • keep verb To hold on to something or continue having it, rather than giving it up or losing it.
  • provide verb To supply someone with something they need or want.
  • sustain verb To keep something going or in existence over time.

Senses

обеспе́чивать is used for these senses in English:

  • assure (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
  • cater (ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
  • endow (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • keep To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
  • make for (idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.
  • provide To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
  • provide To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
  • sustain (transitive) To provide for or nourish.

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.

cater — full definition

  1. verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
  2. verb To provide for or suit the needs or tastes of a particular group.

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