ensure
verb (used with object)
to secure or guarantee.
ensured
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past participleof ensure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ensure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ensureverb (used with object)to secure or guarantee.
Example Sentences
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An assist and a goal by the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner ensured a 2-0 victory over the African side.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In doing so, he ensured the phone booth met the minimum threshold of a call a week to stay in service another year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Soon, the police were there in force, but the dedication of the outraged, chanting crowd demanding the men’s release ensured this would be no ordinary standoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Your mother appears to have gone through her assets and ensured that she has named a beneficiary for almost all of them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Cleopatra’s open hostility toward King Herod and his suspicion of her ensured that the queen received a somewhat frosty reception in Judea.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
