assurance
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3.4
- noun
- /əˈʃʊərəns/
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garantía
- I need your assurance that the project will be completed on time.
- provide assurance
- give assurances
- repeated assurances
They were taking Chinese assurances at face value.
- They were taking Chinese assurances at face value.
- What's the level of communication between dates or the what I can expect from someone in terms of assurances that we're just seeing each other?
- When you're asking folks for more money, they want some sort of assurance that they're going to get some return on their investment.
- So he says, here we go in this one sided assurance.
- So much for Lick's assurance to The Atlantic that David Zaslav has my back.
Examples
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But I need your assurance that you're just gonna walk away.
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Has he left her any assurance of his return?
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I can offer the assurance you seek.
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Even if I give you my assurance it will go no further than this room.
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I gave you all an extension with the assurance that the papers would be better as a result.
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I can give you that assurance, Defence Minister.
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Do I have your assurance?
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We had to give him every assurance and make all sorts of promises.
Fiction book (1998) -
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
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We have no assurance they'll still be there tomorrow morning.
Synonyms
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1.0
A statement by someone saying they will or will not do something
829
3.3
A promise to support a person, cause, or plan
784
3.6
A promise that someone will do something
385
3.6
A formal promise made in a serious or official situation
206
3.7
A serious promise to do or stop doing something
8
4.0
A serious promise to tell the truth or keep a secret
4
8.2
A written promise to pay someone else's debt if they cannot
Antonyms
- Formal
2
8.1
A public statement saying you have no knowledge of or connection to something
Compounds
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Assurance comes from an old word that meant 'to make safe' and is related to secure and sure. So, a person's assurance is a firm promise meant to make others feel 'sure' something will be done.