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assured

American  
[uh-shoord, uh-shurd] / əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd /

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 British  
/ əˈʃʊəd, əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ /

adjective

  1. made certain; sure; guaranteed

  2. self-assured

  3. insured, esp by a life assurance policy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy

    2. the person whose life is insured

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • assuredly adverb
  • assuredness noun
  • overassured adjective
  • overassuredness noun
  • unassured adjective
  • unassuredness noun
  • well-assured adjective

Etymology

Origin of assured

A Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; 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."

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Example Sentences

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My simplistic take, he assured me, was “a reasonable way to explain it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Officials and analysts say the goal is “strategic indispensability”—building deterrence by mutually assured economic destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

After being assured I was indeed human, the young IT engineer explained how he had "fallen deep into" AI and, especially, OpenClaw.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Sauer assured her that Trump’s executive order addressed this situation, to which she responded: “Yeah, but what about the Constitution?”

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

What the fox showed him proved to be the reasonable explanation to the voices that C.C. assured him there would be, but nonetheless, to Duane, the illusion the fox created seemed magical.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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