{
    "term": "assure",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "assure",
            "heSheIt": "assures"
        },
        "pastSimple": "assured",
        "pastParticiple": "assured",
        "ingForm": "assuring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to tell somebody that something is definitely true or is definitely going to happen, especially when they have doubts about it",
            "sensetop": "assure somebody (that)…assure somebody (of something)assure somebody + speech",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not.",
                    "contextForm": "assure somebody (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me assure you that I will try to help you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were assured that everything possible was being done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's perfectly safe, **I can assure you**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We assured him of our support.",
                    "contextForm": "assure somebody (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I won’t let you down, I can assure you of that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘He'll come back,’ Susan assured her.",
                    "contextForm": "assure somebody + speech"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + assure": ["can", "hasten to"],
                "preposition": ["of"],
                "phrases": ["let me assure you"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make yourself certain about something",
            "sensetop": "assure yourself of somethingassure yourself that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He assured himself of her safety.",
                    "contextForm": "assure yourself of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She assured herself that the letter was still in the drawer.",
                    "contextForm": "assure yourself that…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make something certain to happen",
            "sensetop": "assure somethingassure somebody something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Victory would assure a place in the finals.",
                    "contextForm": "assure something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Victory would assure them a place in the finals.",
                    "contextForm": "assure somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This achievement has assured her a place in the history books."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "guarantee",
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to insure something, especially against somebody’s death",
            "sensetop": "assure something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What is the sum assured?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊə(r)//əˈʃɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assure__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊəz//əˈʃɔːz/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assures__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊəd//əˈʃɔːd/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assured__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊərɪŋ//əˈʃɔːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assuring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊr/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assure__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊrz/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assures__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊrd/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assured__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assure/assuring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French assurer, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + securus, from se- ‘without’ + cura ‘care’."
}