assure
B2Academic AWL-9Frequent NGSL-3UK /əˈʃʊə(r)/US /əˈʃʊr/
Meaning
verb
to tell somebody that something is definitely true or is definitely going to happen, especially when they have doubts about it
“assure somebody (that)…, You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not.”
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“Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know and will never meet.”
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“best to earn it before I begin I want to recognize everyone whose hard work made this celebration possible including the groundskeepers assured volunteers and crew thank you I am deeply honored”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
“(Laughter) A spiritual awakening sounds better than breakdown, but I assure you, it was a breakdown.”
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