adjective
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made certain; sure; guaranteed
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self-assured
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insured, esp by a life assurance policy
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of assured
A Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at assure, -ed 2
Explanation
If you're assured, you act with self-confidence and certainty. An assured candidate is more likely to get a job than a hesitant, doubtful one. An assured statement is said with conviction, and an assured football team has an advantage over an uncertain one, simply because of their confidence. It can be uncomfortable to be the audience for a nervous performer, but an assured one is a pleasure to watch. The adjective assured comes from the verb assure, with its Old French root, asseurer, "to reassure, calm, or protect."
Vocabulary lists containing assured
"A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne
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Example Sentences
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Cold War strategists thought nuclear wars would never happen because of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
While he said the charity does an "enormous amount of good work" across the UK "it is beleaguered with the Assured Scheme" which he said was like a "millstone" around the charity's neck.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024
For this fifth flight of 2023, the head of the Space Force’s Assured Access to Space program, Brig.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Assured noms for Leo in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and Andrew Scott for ‘All of Us Strangers.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023
Assured by his grades and his apparent indifference to girls, his parents don’t suspect Gogol of being, in his own fumbling way, an American teenager.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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