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Meaning ensure meaning

What does ensure mean?
Definitions in simple English

ensure Verb

— If mathX/math ensures mathY/math, it makes mathY/math certain. His work is great and should ensure the survival of his business. — If you ensure that something is correct or that it happens, you check it and fix any problems. Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand the course material.

ensure

— verb (= guarantee) make certain of This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us Preparation will guarantee success! — verb (= see, control) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something He verified that the valves were closed See that the curtains are closed control the quality of the product

Synonyms ensure synonyms

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ensure English » English

guarantee assure secure insure warrant certify see confirm check ascertain make sure control vouch verify safeguard promise affirm underwrite settle see to it see to provide pledge observe make sure of something make certain guaranty upgrade undertaking take responsibility for take care stipulate sponsor security reserve reservation reassert reaffirm provide with prove protect promote plight perform obtain notice mind meet make sure of make a promise

Topics ensure topics

What do people use ensure to talk about?
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble

Conjugation ensure conjugation

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ensure · verb

Examples ensure examples

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Simple sentences

Careful preparations ensure success.
Please ensure the genitals are obscured by a mosaic effect.
Everyone can help ensure that sentences sound correct, and are correctly spelled.
The role of politics is not to avenge what has happened, but to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
Parents often sacrifice themselves to ensure that their children receive a good education.
Maria believes that the use of industrial methods is unavoidable in order to ensure low prices.
This medicine will ensure you a good night's sleep.
Ensure that the needle has been sterilized beforehand.

Movie subtitles

To ensure public policy stays on track.
They work together to ensure that they win the bulk of the prize money and then divide it evenly.
Once they fix the race, they ensure they get the win.
I suspect that you all bet on the eventual winner of the races, in this case Mildred, and then all work together to ensure that result.
Worshipful Master, it is to ensure that the temple is tyled.
Do you want to ensure it is tyled, brother?
Brothers Senior and Junior Warden, ensure that all the brothers lined up in front of your columns are regular members or known visitors to the lodge.
I'm counting on you my dear general. to ensure the army don't change politically.
I ask the community to pray while we're gone, even all night, so as to ensure our success.
I must ensure you're up to it. Are you happy?
I will ensure that nothing happens to him.
It was not their intention to attack the reputation of the Charity Wards of the State for whom every effort is made to ensure that they live as the other children.
To ensure success against the Marlows.
If you've come to place yourself under my care during your pregnancy, I'll do everything to ensure your health and that of your child.
The only way to ensure peace in Algeria is to make it an independent colony where all Algerians would be equal citizens.
To ensure Heinrich's efforts weren't in vain, I'll get Ivan back.
That's why I'm here, to ensure they continue living free. and that's what I intend to do!
They spent a considerable amount to ensure you had an excellent education.
Well, it seems I have been fortunate to find a hostage important enough to ensure the return of my officer.
I hope you wont be too angry with me if I ensure the safety of your honourable person?
I must ensure you're up to it.
You want to make him marry you on the chance that he'll become fond enough of the child to ensure it's future.
They have the means to ensure the completion of his journey and safety.
You pretend to want to ensure the safety of everyone.
You must ensure our survival and put us in contact with certain persons.
If you insist, I can ensure your departure, but I can answer for nothing.
More importantly I must ensure your safety, since you're not from here.
I used my musket to ensure his continued fear and respect of me.
I've heard of the police deliberately planting clues to ensure a conviction.
A union will ensure a decent living for everyone.
To ensure this country's healthy trading intercourse with foreign markets, we must sell at the right price.
You'll see, she'll only see it as a chance of marriage and will start telling me how I can ensure you won't run away.
I will be using tonight to ensure it.
But cutting my belly open does not in itself ensure smooth passage to the netherworld.
If I can get them to approve it, that will ensure all the contracts.
It is our duty to ensure a royal welcome to Madame Zachanassian, who will arrive in a few hours!
We will ensure that you return safely to your ship.
Conducted in such a way as to ensure we always get an answer.
You will ensure that the Taranium core is returned to Kembel.
To ensure that once the girl decided to see him, she'd have access.

News and current affairs

For a short while, many prominent people - Albert Einstein, for one - believed that only a world government would be able to ensure global peace.
Even in the absence of international rules, the EU and the US could take two actions to ensure that the TTIP does not have adverse consequences for developing economies.
That way, the power of competitive markets can ensure that, once a drug is developed, it is made available at the lowest possible price - not at an inflated monopoly price.
The wayward Kuchma is far more deserving of Europe imposing safeguards to ensure his good behavior.
Donors should structure aid to ensure that it supports sound national development policies and programs, rather than their own narrow interests.
We can, however, decrease their frequency; we can make them shallower; we can ensure that fewer people are hurt and that those that get hurt are better protected.
Finally, a new trade pact - possibly, but not necessarily, within the Doha Round - is needed to ensure the major trading powers' access to foreign markets.
How can we help ensure these movements' sustainability in such fluid moments?
If Bush or his successor wants to ensure that the next round of talks fails, that will be easy enough.
It was NATO's job to ensure the country's stability and security, and thus NATO's weak General Secretary and the European allies, especially Germany and France, share the responsibility for the worsening situation.
Guns and bribes ensure that the trucks are waved through checkpoints.
In the Horn of Africa, there is no leader of his stature who could ensure the stability and strong governance that the region so desperately needs.
To ensure complete transparency in the tender process, and eliminate problems experienced in the past, Western advisors are assisting us.
In turn, the stick is needed to ensure that these incentives do not lock in unproductive and wasteful investments.
The crucial next step is to ensure that economic arguments become a stronger part of our political debate about how to address global warming.
But a restructured Commission is not enough to ensure a reset of Europe's foreign-policy strategy.
NEW YORK - The campaign to ensure that companies engaged in extractive activities disclose all of their payments in their host countries is gaining momentum - and France is leading the effort.
When the good times ended, taxpayers and governments were prepared to rescue them and to ensure that they continued to receive their extraordinary bonuses.
These ideals - respect for human rights and human dignity, and the responsibility of citizens to ensure that their governments respect those rights - represent humanity's highest aspirations.
Park, who lost her first bid for the GNP's nomination to Lee in 2007, needs to ensure that no rupture with her erstwhile rival knocks her off the path to victory in 2012.

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