assured

[ uh-shoord, uh-shurd ]

/ əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd /

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adjective

guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.

bold; confident; authoritative: His art was both assured and facile.

boldly presumptuous.

Chiefly British. insured, as against loss.

noun

Insurance.

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

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2 assertive, positive.

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Origin of assured

A Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at assure, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM assured

as·sur·ed·ly

[uh-shoor-id-lee, uh-shur-], /əˈʃʊər ɪd li, əˈʃɜr-/, adverbas·sur·ed·ness, nouno·ver·as·sured, adjectiveo·ver·as·sur·ed·ness, noun

un·as·sured, adjectiveun·as·sur·ed·ness, nounwell-as·sured, adjective

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How to use assured in a sentence

By adolescence she had acquired the remarkable self-assuredness, and personal magnetism, that would define her destiny.
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Murray's grandchildren knew their Zaydie as a man certain of his mind and giant in his self-assuredness.
My Eulogy for My Father, Murray Frum|David Frum|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Neither would Belinda Bentley, the L.A.-based psychic told The Daily Beast; not with that level of assuredness, anyway.
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For more apprehensive public speakers, he offers what he calls “assuredness along with technique.”
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It was the self-assuredness in the way she talked to me—her confidence with us not using protection.
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This would enable me to proceed in the difficult path before me with more assuredness.
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Coming into His presence we recognise the assuredness of perfect knowledge, the simplicity of perfect truth.
The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I|Marcus Dods
Ralegh speaks of him as a well descended gentleman, of great assuredness, and of a great heart.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
All this was said in a voice of sweet modulation and assuredness, a smile lighting up her face as she spoke.
Dreamy Hollow|Sumner Charles Britton
He hated that spirit of absolute assuredness so inseparably bound up with the reformers.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation|Johan Huizinga

British Dictionary definitions for assured

assured

/ (əˈʃʊəd) /

adjective

made certain; sure; guaranteed

self-assured

mainly British insured, esp by a life assurance policy

noun

mainly British

the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
the person whose life is insured

Derived forms of assured

assuredly (əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ), adverbassuredness, noun

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