Ensure definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ENSURE, and its derivatives. [See Insure.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 2: be careful or certain to do ... of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (ensured; ensuring ... Date: 1660 to make sure, certain, or safe ; guarantee Synonyms: ensure, insure, assure, secure mean to make a thing or ...
... of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: protect by insurance; "The insurance won ... verb to contract to give or take insurance Synonyms: see ensure Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 (often foll. by against ... insured themselves against the rain by taking umbrellas). 4 US = ENSURE. Derivatives: insurable adj. insurability n. Etymology: ME, var. of ENSURE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Insure In"sure, v. t. [ ...
... payment of 4: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 5: fill or close tightly with or ... 2. of a ship to tie up ; berth Synonyms: see ensure • securer noun U.S. Military Dictionary (*) In an operational context ... the wood is sound... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • securely Ensure that the frame is securely fixed to the ground with ... v. a. 1. Guard, protect, make safe. 2. Insure, assure, ensure, guarantee, make sure, make certain, make sure of. 3. Fasten ... from, draw out, earn, easy, educe, elicit, enchain, endorse, engraft, ensure, ensured, enter into possession, entrammel, established, evident, evoke, faithful, ...
... 2005) v 1: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 2: inform positively and with certainty and ... of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 5: cause to feel sure; give reassurance ... attainment of ; guarantee < worked hard to assure accuracy > Synonyms: see ensure Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of ... the bus went to Westminster). 2 a make certain of; ensure the happening etc. of (will assure her success). b make ... dismiss all doubt, drive home to, ease, embolden, encourage, endorse, ensure, establish, find out, fix, get at, give comfort, give ...
... of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 11: go to see for professional or ... usu. foll. by to, or that + infin.) make provision for; ensure; attend to (shall see to your request immediately; see that ... it is completed. see to it (foll. by that + clause) ensure (see to it that I am not disturbed) (cf. sense ... diocese, discern, discover, dismiss all doubt, distinguish, do, drop in, ensure, envisage, envision, espy, establish, examine, experience, fade, fathom, feel, find ...
... consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" 2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone ... carry out, accomplish; especially to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures 2. to provide instruments ... 1. If you implement something such as a plan, you ensure that what has been planned is done. The government promised ...
... one of various patterns in a wall in order to ensure strength (English bond; Flemish bond). --v. 1 tr. a lay ... earnest money, embrace, employment contract, encompass, endorse, endowment insurance, engagement, ensure, equipment bond, equipment note, equipment trust, equipment trust bond, equipment ...
... to them. ...the UN plan to deploy 500 troops to ensure the safe delivery of food and other supplies. ADJ: ADJ ... will not be harmed. I had a huge responsibility to ensure these packets remained in safe hands... PHRASE: usu v-link ...
... of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 4: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold ... for storage or dispatch. 7 intr. (of hounds) pause to ensure or regain scent. --n. 1 a means or act of ...
... colloq. without doubt. make sure 1 make or become certain; ensure. 2 (foll. by of) establish the truth or ensure the existence or happening of. sure enough colloq. 1 in ...
... person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior; broadly one delegated to ensure proper behavior 3. any of a class of proteins that ...
... results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences. (JP ... measures that are taken to protect a place, or to ensure that only people with permission enter it or leave it ...