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as·sured

 (ə-sho͝ord′)
adj.
1. Made certain; guaranteed: an assured income.
2. Exhibiting confidence or authority: paints with an assured hand.
3. Chiefly British Insured.

as·sur′ed·ly (-ĭd-lē) adv.
as·sur′ed·ness n.
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assured

(əˈʃʊəd)
adj
1. made certain; sure; guaranteed
2. self-assured
3. (Insurance) chiefly Brit insured, esp by a life assurance policy
n
(Insurance) chiefly
a. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
b. the person whose life is insured
assuredly adv
asˈsuredness n
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as•sured

(əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd)

adj.
1. guaranteed; sure; secure.
2. bold; confident; authoritative.
3. boldly presumptuous.
n.
4.
a. the beneficiary of an insurance policy.
b. the one whose life or property is insured.
[1325–75]
as•sur′ed•ly, adv.
as•sur′ed•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.assured - marked by assuranceassured - marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"
confident - having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
2.assured - characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"
secure - free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"
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assured

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assured

adjective
1. Having no doubt:
2. Having a firm belief in one's own powers:
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Translations
sebejistý
selvsikker
öruggur, viss
kendinden eminkendine güvenen

assured

[əˈʃʊəd]
A. ADJ
1. (= self-assured) → confiado, sereno
2. (= certain) → seguro
you have an assured futuretienes un porvenir seguro
B. N the assured (esp Brit) (Fin) (sing) → el asegurado/la asegurada; (pl) → los asegurados/las aseguradas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

assured

[əˈʃʊərd] adj
(= guaranteed) → assuré(e)
victory is assured → la victoire est assurée
(= confident) → assuré(e)
rest assured that ... → soyez assuré(e) que ...
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

assured

n (Brit) → Versicherte(r) mf
adjsicher; income, future alsogesichert; (= self-confident)sicher; to rest assured that …sicher sein, dass …; to rest assured of somethingeiner Sache (gen)sicher sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

assured

[əˈʃʊəd] adj (confident) → sicuro/a; (certain, promotion) → assicurato/a
success was assured → il successo era garantito or assicurato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

assure

(əˈʃuə) verb
1. to tell positively. I assured him (that) the house was empty.
2. to make (someone) sure. You may be assured that we shall do all we can to help.
asˈsurance noun
1. confidence. an air of assurance.
2. a promise. He gave me his assurance that he would help.
3. insurance. life assurance.
asˈsured adjective
certain and confident. an assured young woman.
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The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.
Rest assured that NEVER should I make sport of your years or of your character.
The thing was absurd: the air of the town would be certain to disagree with him, and with me as a nurse; the late hours and London habits would not suit me under such circumstances; and altogether he assured me that it would be excessively troublesome, injurious, and unsafe.
"Excuse me," said she; "and be assured that I meant no offence to you, by speaking, in so quiet a way, of my own feelings.
If people cannot be assured of graves, I fear they will no longer die, and the best interests of civilisation will wither like a frosted leaf."
He assured us that they were good for one--better than medicine; in his country people lived on them at this time of year.
"I have reasons (which I can tell you at a fitter time) for feeling assured that she has gone away with the intention of trying her fortune on the stage.
I could not recover myself in some time, till the governor assured me, "that I should receive no hurt:" and observing my two companions to be under no concern, who had been often entertained in the same manner, I began to take courage, and related to his highness a short history of my several adventures; yet not without some hesitation, and frequently looking behind me to the place where I had seen those domestic spectres.
We plied along the coast in this uncertainty two days, till on the first of March having doubled a point of land, which came out a great way into the sea, we found ourselves in the middle of a fair large bay, which many reasons induced us to think was Baylur; that we might be farther assured we sent our Abyssin on shore, who returning next morning confirmed our opinion.
The rich had been assured of his wealth and comfort, the toiler assured of his life and work.