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assured

UK/əˈʃʊəd//əˈʃʊɹd/

assured is the simple past and past participle of assure.

Adjective

assured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured)

  1. Guaranteed; secure.
    Synonyms:
    sicker
  2. Self-confident; self-assured; sure.
    • Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport
  3. (obsolete) Reliable, confirmed.
    • What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
      For euen as from aſſured oracle,
      I take thy doome for ſatiſfaction.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Meaning of assure

Verb

assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured)

  1. (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
  2. (transitive) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
    • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
  3. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
    • That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  4. (transitive) To reassure.

Noun

assured (plural assureds)

  1. An insured person.
    Synonyms:
    insured

Synonyms of assured

Forms of assured

Adjective
comparativemore assured
superlativemost assured
Noun
pluralassureds

Words formed from assured

Phrases with assured

Words that rhyme with assured

Questions about assured

What does assured mean?
Assured means guaranteed; secure.
What is assured the simple past and past participle of?
Assured is the simple past and past participle of assure.
What part of speech is assured?
Assured can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce assured?
Assured is pronounced /əˈʃʊəd/ (UK).

Words near assured in the dictionary

  1. assurance
  2. assurances
  3. assuraunce
  4. assuraunces
  5. assure
  6. assured
  7. assuredly
  8. assuredness
  9. assureds
  10. assurer
  11. assurers

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