assured

[ uh-shoord, uh-shurd ]

adjective

1. guaranteed; sure; certain; secure:

   an assured income.

2. bold; confident; authoritative:

   His art was both assured and facile.

   Synonyms: positive, assertive

3. boldly presumptuous.
4. Chiefly British. insured, as against loss.

noun

1. Insurance.
   1. the beneficiary under a policy.
   2. the person whose life or property is covered by a policy.

assured

/ əˈʃʊəd; əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. made certain; sure; guaranteed
2. self-assured
3. insured, esp by a life assurance policy

noun

1. 1. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
   2. the person whose life is insured

Derived Forms

• asˈsuredness, noun
• assuredly, adverb

Other Words From

• as·sur·ed·ly [uh, -, shoor, -id-lee, uh, -, shur, -], adverb
• as·sur·ed·ness noun
• o·ver·as·sured adjective
• o·ver·as·sur·ed·ness noun
• un·as·sured adjective
• un·as·sur·ed·ness noun
• well-as·sured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assured¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; assure, -ed ²

Example Sentences

They assured him that should this happen, many problems would be resolved.

From The Daily Beast

Wherever he travels, Václav Klaus can be assured a welcome reception from likeminded free marketers.

From The Daily Beast

He asked the first local he could find if he had arrived on an island, and was assured that he had, but that it was infinite.

From The Daily Beast

She assured me—and also her family at the same time—that he would never abandon them.

From The Daily Beast

She assured me he was a decent human being and the love of her life.

From The Daily Beast

A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

From Project Gutenberg

I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.

From Project Gutenberg

I assured him I was well refreshed with his good entertainment and company, and as much in my senses as ever I was in my life.

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My coup-d'œil assured me that it was practicable to give to this feature the character of a projecting under-jaw.

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"He wouldn't be likely to notice you if you crept along the bottom of a furrow," Mr. Blackbird assured Grandfather Mole.

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Related Words

• audacious
• certain
• composed
• confident
• gutsy
• poised
• self-assured
• self-confident
• sure
• unflappable