How do you use the word "assure" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "assure" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "assure": Take it easy. I can assure you that chances are in your favor. Take it easy. I can assure you that everything will turn out fine.

Assure Meaning

/əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo make sure and secure; ensure.

verbTo give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

Sentence Examples

Take it easy. I can assure you that chances are in your favor.

Take it easy. I can assure you that everything will turn out fine.

I can assure you that your package will arrive tomorrow morning.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tell secure ensure

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

I ____ you that the package will arrive before noon with our fastest shipping option.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I can ____ you that we are doing everything to resolve the issue.

Word Origin & History

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure." — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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