{
    "term": "insure",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "insure",
            "heSheIt": "insures"
        },
        "pastSimple": "insured",
        "pastParticiple": "insured",
        "ingForm": "insuring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to buy insurance so that you will receive money if your property, car, etc. gets damaged or stolen, or if you get ill or die",
            "sensetop": "insure something/yourself (for something)insure something/yourself (against something)insure against something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The painting is insured for $1 million.",
                    "contextForm": "insure something/yourself (for something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should insure the car against fire and theft.",
                    "contextForm": "insure something/yourself (against something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Luckily he had insured himself against long-term illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Having a lot of children is a way of insuring themselves against loneliness in old age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We strongly recommend insuring against sickness or injury.",
                    "contextForm": "insure against something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry", "Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to sell insurance to somebody for something",
            "sensetop": "insure somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company can refuse to insure a property that does not have window locks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make sure that something happens or is definite",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊə(r)//ɪnˈʃɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "en/insure/ensure__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊəz//ɪnˈʃɔːz/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insures__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊəd//ɪnˈʃɔːd/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insured__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊərɪŋ//ɪnˈʃɔːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insuring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊr/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insure__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊrz/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insures__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊrd/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insured__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/insure/insuring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘assure someone of something’): alteration of ensure."
}