assurance
Syllables: as·sur·ance/əˈʃɔːɹəns//əˈʃʊɹəns/
assurance noun: the act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
Noun
assurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)
- The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
- Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 17:31
- Assurances of support came pouring in daily.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter IX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
- The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
- Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:22
- The storm took countless lives and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee from their communities with no assurance of returning soon.2005 September 10, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address
- Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
- the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
- Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance1693, [John Locke], “§70”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC
- Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
- His assurance is intolerable.
- You confined to the society of the illiterate and vulgar all your life! I wonder how the young man could have the assurance to ask it. He must have a pretty good opinion of himself.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 7
- Betrothal; affiance.
- Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
- Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
assurance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
assurance in Hindi
- the act of assuring
- आश्वासन āśvāsan
- the state of being assured
- आश्वस्त āśvast
- insurance
- बीमा bīmā
assurance in Tamil
- இசைவுறுதி, உறுதி, உறுதிமொழி, காப்பீடு, காப்புறுதி, நம்பிக்கை
assurance in Marathi
- assurance, reassurance, promise
- आश्वासन āśvāsan
assurance in Urdu
- یقین, یقین دہانی, ضمانت
More languagesFewer languages
- assurance in Bengali
- আশ্বাস aśśaś
- assurance in Telugu
- భరోసా bharōsā
- assurance in Malayalam
- വാഗ്ദാനം vāgdānaṁ, ഉറപ്പ് uṟappŭ
- assurance in Kannada
- ಉಮೇದ, ಉಮೇದು, ಮಾತುಕೊಡುವಿಕೆ
- assurance in Punjabi
- ਇਕਰਾਰ ikarār
- assurance in Odia
- ଆଶ୍ୱାସନା
- assurance in Nepali
- आश्वासन
Examples of assurance in a sentence
- I desire to convey to you officially my assurance, that if your hesitation is attributable to that circumstance, it is uncalled for.1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- "Oh, that wouldn't make any difference," Benny replied with great assurance as he started to go out again.1924, Gertrude Chandler Warner, sectionTrouble^([The Box-Car Children]):
Forms of assurance
| plural | assurances |
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| alternative form (obsolete) | assuraunce |
Origin of assurance
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
Words formed from assurance
Questions about assurance
- What does assurance mean?
- Assurance means the act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
- What is assurance in Hindi?
- Assurance in Hindi is आश्वासन (āśvāsan), आश्वस्त (āśvast), बीमा (bīmā). See Assurance meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use assurance in a sentence?
- I desire to convey to you officially my assurance, that if your hesitation is attributable to that circumstance, it is uncalled for.
- What part of speech is assurance?
- Assurance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce assurance?
- Assurance is pronounced /əˈʃɔːɹəns/.
- What is the plural of assurance?
- The plural of assurance is assurances.
Words near assurance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assurance (page history and authors); assurance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आश्वासन (Marathi) (page history and authors); assurance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আশ্বাস (Bengali) (page history and authors); ഉറപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); assurance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਇਕਰਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); assurance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); assurance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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