{
    "term": "assurance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a statement that something will certainly be true or will certainly happen, particularly when there has been doubt about it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They called for assurances that the government is committed to its education policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment seems to be rising, despite repeated **assurances to the contrary**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He accused the minister of reneging on assurances given earlier."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave me his personal assurance that the vehicle was safe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They accepted his assurance that patients would be treated as soon as possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can give you a categorical assurance that there are no such plans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must have your assurance that there will be no repetition of this conduct."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The minister gave formal assurances of his country's rejection of terrorism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They asked for assurances on the safety of the system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We now have a firm assurance of support from the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had received assurances of continued military assistance."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "guarantee, promise",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "categorical", "clear"],
                "verb + assurance": ["have", "give somebody", "make"],
                "preposition": ["assurance about", "assurance by", "assurance from"],
                "phrases": ["despite assurances"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "belief in your own abilities or strengths",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was an air of easy assurance about him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was good to see some of her old assurance coming back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even at a very young age she showed a great deal of assurance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke with calm assurance."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "confidence",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["calm", "quiet", "great"],
                "verb + assurance": ["have", "show"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a type of insurance in which money is paid out when somebody dies or after an agreed period of time",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a life assurance company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We bought a life assurance policy."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊərəns//əˈʃɔːrəns/",
                "audio": "as/assurance/assurance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊrəns/",
                "audio": "as/assurance/assurance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from assurer ‘assure’."
}