Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.

    The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.

    versichern, beruhigen, zusichern

    заверя́тьzaverjátʹ, заве́ритьzavéritʹ, уверя́тьuverjátʹ

    завіря́тиzavirjáty, заспоко́юватиzaspokójuvaty

  2. (transitive)To reinsure.

    перестрахо́выватьperestraxóvyvatʹ, перестрахова́тьperestraxovátʹ

More definitions
  • give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain

Examples

100 sentences

  1. That doesn't reassure me.

    Це мене не заспокоює. — mkazarian

    ruЭто меня не успокаивает. — marafon

    deDas beruhigt mich nicht. — mauersegler

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  2. Tom reassured Mary.

    Том заспокоїв Мері. — deniko

    ruТом успокоил Мэри. — marafon

    deTom beruhigte Maria. — pne

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  3. Tom tried to reassure Mary.

    Том спробував заспокоїти Мері. — deniko

    ruТом пытался утешить Мэри. — marafon

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  4. The doctor's remarks reassured the patient.

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  5. Tom said Mary didn't look reassured.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt:
Русский
By meaning 2
to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt:
to reinsure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt:

Origin

From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.

From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.

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Forms

reassures, reassuring, reassured, reassured
Base formreassure · to reassure
3rd person singularreassures
Present participlereassuring
Past simplereassured
Past participlereassured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreassure
he, she, itreassures

Past simpleLesson

all personsreassured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reassured
he, she, ithas reassured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reassure

Antonyms

1 antonyms
worry

Word family

4 related words
RelatedreassuranceC1
Derivedreassurablereassurementreassurer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reassessreassignreassignmentreassuranceC1reawakenrebaterebelB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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