ensure — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

VERB + ENSURE

must | aim to, try to

take action/care/steps to

The school takes care to ensure all students have access to healthy meals during the day.

be designed to

The new safety equipment was designed to ensure that workers could do their jobs without injury.

help (to)

be important to, be necessary to, be sufficient to

Regular exercise is important to ensure you stay healthy throughout your life.

PHRASES

an attempt to ensure sth, efforts/measures to ensure sth

Definitions

verb

1

To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.

British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.

2

To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — be careful or certain to do something

verb — make certain of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.

Wiktionary

02

British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that pr

Wiktionary

03

Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be

Wiktionary

04

This medicine will ensure you a good night's sleep.

Tatoeba · #56534

05

I'll do my best to ensure that such mistakes don't occur in the future.

Tatoeba · #60426

06

I can ensure a job for you.

Tatoeba · #252770

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ensure is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.