ensure
To make sure or certain of somethingTo make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
» We'll do everything we can to ensure that this doesn't happen again.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)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.
sicherstellen, gewährleisten
удостове́ритьсяudostovéritʹsja, убеди́тьсяubedítʹsja, страхова́тьсяstraxovátʹsja
забезпе́чуватиzabezpéčuvaty, забезпе́читиzabezpéčyty, гарантува́тиharantuváty
make certain of
(obsolete, transitive)To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
Examples
200 sentencesWe'll do everything we can to ensure that this doesn't happen again.
Nobody can ensure that.
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Tom promised to do everything within his power to ensure that this kind of thing wouldn't happen again.
Algeria is trying to ensure regional stability.
Алжир намагається забезпечити регіональну стабільність.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). DoFrom Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). Doublet of insure.
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Forms
ensures, ensuring, ensured, ensuredSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle