ensure
/ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/US/ɪnˈʃʊɹ/
ensure verb: to make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
Verb
ensure (third-person singular simple present ensures, present participle ensuring, simple past and past participle ensured)
- To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
- I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.
- British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
- To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
- Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI
ensure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ensure in Hindi
- सुनिश्चित करना
ensure in Tamil
- உறுதி செய், உறுதிசெய்
ensure in Urdu
- یقینی بنانا
ensure in Bengali
- নিশ্চিত করা, নিরাপদ্ করা, বিমা করা
More languagesFewer languages
- ensure in Malayalam
- ഉറപ്പാക്കൂ uṟappākkū
- ensure in Kannada
- ಕಂಡಿತಪಡಿಸು
- ensure in Punjabi
- ਯਕੀਨੀ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ
- ensure in Gujarati
- ખાતરી કરવી
- ensure in Odia
- ସୁନିଶ୍ଚିତ କରିବା
- ensure in Nepali
- सुनिश्चित गर्ने
Examples of ensure in a sentence
- As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.
- Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
- Regular drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
Forms of ensure
| third-person singular present | ensures |
|---|---|
| present participle | ensuring |
| past participle | ensured |
| past | ensured |
Origin of ensure
From Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). Doublet of insure.
Words formed from ensure
Words that rhyme with ensure
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Questions about ensure
- What does ensure mean?
- Ensure means to make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
- What is ensure in Hindi?
- Ensure in Hindi is सुनिश्चित करना. See Ensure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ensure?
- Ensure is a verb.
- How do you pronounce ensure?
- Ensure is pronounced /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of ensure?
- The past tense of ensure is ensured.
Words near ensure in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ensure (page history and authors); ensure (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ensure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ensure (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ensure (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ensure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ensure (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ensure (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ensure (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ensure (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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