verb · transitive · rare

insure

insure · insures · insured · insuring

застрахувати, страхувати, застраховувати

застраховать, страховать, застраховывать

versichern

To provide for compensation if some specified risk occursTo provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.

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US/ɪnˈʃʊɚ/

» Aren't you insured?

Bist du nicht versichert?

Seid ihr nicht versichert?

Ты разве не застрахован?

Вы разве не застрахованы?

Хіба ти не застрахований?

Хіба ти не застрахована?

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
I'm not insured against burglary.
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страхова́тьstraxovátʹ, застрахо́выватьzastraxóvyvatʹ, застрахова́тьzastraxovátʹ
страхува́тиstraxuváty, застрахо́вуватиzastraxóvuvaty, застрахува́тиzastraxuváty
(intransitive)To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
страхова́тьstraxovátʹ, застрахова́тьzastraxovátʹ

More definitions

take out insurance for
protect by insurance
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
make certain of

Examples

45 sentences

Aren't you insured?
Хіба ти не застрахований?
ruТы разве не застрахован?
deBist du nicht versichert?
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Are you insured?
Ти застрахований?
ruВы застрахованы?
deSind Sie versichert?
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The house is insured against fire.
ruДом застрахован от пожара.
deDas Haus ist gegen Feuer versichert.
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I'd like to insure this, please.
ruЯ хочу это застраховать, пожалуйста.
deIch würde dies bitte gern versichern.
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Tom said that he wasn't insured.
ruТом сказал, что у него нет страховки.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to provide for compensation if some risk occurs:

Русский

By meaning 1

to provide for compensation if some risk occurs:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to provide for compensation if some risk occurs:

Origin

First attested in c. 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseu

First attested in c. 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from Old French en- + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure. Doublet of ensure.

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Forms

insures, insuring, insured, insured

Base form	insure · to insure
3rd person singular	insures
Present participle	insuring
Past simple	insured
Past participle	insured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	insure
he, she, it	insures

Past simpleLesson

all persons

insured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have insured
he, she, it	has insured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will insure

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Close in meaning

protect by insurance:cover underwrite
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something:see check see to it ensure control ascertain assure
make certain of:guarantee ensure assure secure

Word family

15 related words

Derivedcoinsure disinsure insurability insurable insuree overinsure reinsure self-insure underinsure

Lessons 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