ensure
to secure or guarantee: This letter will ensure you a hearing.
to make sure or certain: measures to ensure the success of an undertaking.
to make secure or safe, as from harm.
Origin of ensure
1Other words for ensure
Other words from ensure
- en·sur·er, noun
- un·en·sured, adjective
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How to use ensure in a sentence
While government policy plays an important role, our constitutional order ensures it is a limited one.
Charles Koch: Partisan politics don’t work. It’s time for a new way | jakemeth | November 19, 2020 | FortuneToday’s settlement ensures consumers will have access to the information they need to make a well-informed decision when purchasing and using Apple products.
Apple to pay $113 million to settle claims over iPhone ‘batterygate’ | Verne Kopytoff | November 18, 2020 | FortuneSince winning her seat in 2018, Titone said she has worked to ensure that people view her as a good representative for her district and not just a representative for the LGBTQ community.
Trans, non-binary candidates make history in state legislative races | Parker Purifoy | November 18, 2020 | Washington BladeThe Blade has chosen not to name the brothers, their country of origin or their current location in order to ensure their safety.
Texas activists rally behind human trafficking victims | Michael K. Lavers | November 18, 2020 | Washington BladeApart from internal solutions, vaccine manufacturers should work in collaboration with external or third-party vendors to ensure that all manufacturers are enforcing the same cybersecurity standards.
How bad actors could sabotage a COVID vaccine—and how that can be prevented | jakemeth | November 18, 2020 | Fortune
But he added that the tactic ensured all “relevant” topics in the world of politics were back to the world of Paul.
Its adaptability and breeding capabilities ensured that it would be selected for mass production on an unimaginable scale.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity | William O’Connor | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, HGTV has ensured that at least one of their shows airs a brand new episode each week of the year.
How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars | Kevin Fallon | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat confrontation all but ensured that their bill would have trouble getting enough Republican votes in either chamber.
Yet in his state-within-a-state in the 1980s and 1990s, Dostum ensured more gender equality than almost any other Afghan leader.
The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’ | Bruce Riedel | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was puzzled for a while; to have retained the noble animal would have ensured our detection, and I scarcely knew what to do.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorYet it cannot be expected that a high standard of wages is to be maintained unless a high standard of workmanship is also ensured.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertThe union of the two parties ensured the minister's defeat, although the first reading was carried after seven nights' debate.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanBut the very simplicity of Pepperell's attack ensured its success.
American Sketches | Charles WhibleyAnd, indeed, if paint and hair-dye and magnificent dresses could have ensured her doing so, he would certainly have been right.
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British Dictionary definitions for ensure
esp US insure
/ (ɛnˈʃʊə, -ˈʃɔː) /
(may take a clause as object) to make certain or sure; guarantee: this victory will ensure his happiness
to make safe or secure; protect
Derived forms of ensure
- ensurer, noun
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