assure in English: To tell someone firmly that something is true, so that they stop worrying. (verb)

Translation

To tell someone firmly that something is true, so that they stop worrying.

Word origin

From Old French asseurer, from Latin securus meaning safe and free from worry.

Verb typeregular (assure, assures, assured)

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Here the speaker wants the other person to feel sure.

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"Assured" is the past form of "assure".

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"Assures" is the form used with he, she, or it.

promise

To tell someone that you will surely do something.

tell

To give information to someone using words.

sure

Knowing that something is true and having no doubt about it.

safe

Not in danger; not able to be hurt or harmed.

believe

To feel sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth.

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