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assured

assured

3.6
Certain to continue in the future
  • adjective
  • /əˈʃʊrd/
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  • She was assured that her application would be reviewed promptly.

So we're we're mutually assured destruction still exists.

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Examples

  • And despair is when you're pretty assured that you're just not going to get it.

  • If you follow the instructions carefully, your success is assured.

  • Ordinary people whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know and will never meet.

  • And be assured the industry is very eagerly trying to sell it to you.

  • Everyone who is happy to work is assured our vigorous protection.

  • The team assured their fans that they would give their best effort in the final match.

Synonyms

sure
vsassured
1.0

Certain to happen or be true

also carries a personal confident tone as well as certainty
certain
vsassured
946 1.0

Sure to happen or be true

adds a sense of confidence about the outcome rather than only inevitability
confident
vsassured
715 2.5

Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen

also implies the event is bound to happen not only internal belief
certain of
vsassured
49 2.7

Sure that something is true or will happen

adds guarantee about the external outcome rather than personal belief
self-assured
vsassured
11 4.1

Confident about your abilities and decisions

applies also to events being certain not only to personal confidence
sure-fire
vsassured
8 4.4

Certain to work and bring success

is more general meaning likely to happen rather than specifically guaranteed to work
never in doubt
vsassured
1 6.8

Being completely sure about something even when you are wrong

is more neutral meaning genuinely likely or guaranteed rather than blindly confident
positutely sure
vsassured
  • Informal
9.8

Completely certain that something is true

is similar but can mean a guaranteed outcome beyond mere belief
absotively sure
vsassured
  • Informal
9.8

Completely certain that something is true

is more formal and can mean an event is guaranteed rather than emphasized belief
sure as the world
vsassured
  • Informal
9.1

Certain to happen

is more neutral implying a formal guarantee rather than a dramatic idiom
supersecure
vsassured
6.1

Very sure about something without any doubt

is broader also meaning the thing is guaranteed to happen rather than only faith

Antonyms

149 2.8

Not known for sure and likely to change

Idioms

35 3.7

Be sure that something will happen, so do not worry

How Certain

certain
946 1.0
assured
3.6
probable
200 3.4
possible
1.0
unlikely
487 1.9

Surface Forms

assured positive

Morphology

assured = assure (transparent) = assure + ed

The sense 'guaranteed' derives directly from 'assure' (to make certain) + adjectival '-ed', so the relationship is straightforward.

Etymology

Assured comes from an old root meaning 'safe' or 'secure', like the simple word sure. So when something is assured, it has been made 'certain' and is expected to happen.