assured

[uh-shoord, uh-shurd]

adjective

1. guaranteed; sure; certain; secure.

   an assured income.

2. bold; confident; authoritative.

   His art was both assured and facile.

   Synonyms: positive, assertive

3. boldly presumptuous.

4. Chiefly British.,  insured, as against loss.

noun

1. Insurance.

   1. the beneficiary under a policy.

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

assured

/ əˈʃʊəd, əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. made certain; sure; guaranteed

2. self-assured

3. insured, esp by a life assurance policy

noun

1. 1. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy

   2. the person whose life is insured

Other Word Forms

• assuredly adverb
• assuredness noun
• overassured adjective
• overassuredness noun
• unassured adjective
• unassuredness noun
• well-assured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assured¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; assure, -ed ²

Example Sentences

With the safety net of a quarter-final place already assured, they will road-test against, on world ranking at least, their strongest opponents so far.

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He assured them that he would act independently if confirmed.

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England's quarter-final place is already assured but head coach John Mitchell has picked a near first-choice side, with 13 changes from the rotated side that thrashed Samoa last weekend.

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"I'm certainly assured that the water supply is fine. The level of analysis and monitoring at that particular stretch of water is second to none across the north," he said.

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Reeves told the BBC: "Working people and businesses can rest assured, I know how important it is to return growth in investments to our economy and I will do that in the Budget this year."

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Related Words

• audacious 
• certain 
• composed 
• confident 
• gutsy 
• poised 
• self-assured 
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• sure 
• unflappable