ensure
/ɪnˈʃʊɹ/ verb B1- 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.
He/she/it ensures · Past ensured · Past participle ensured · -ing form ensuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- ensure
- He/she/it
- ensures
- Past
- ensured
- Past participle
- ensured
- -ing form
- ensuring
From the library
The best intentions will not always ensure success.
A LION, greatly desiring to capture a Bull, and yet afraid to attack him on account of his great size, resorted to a trick to ensure his destruction.
We work together seamlessly to ensure everyone makes it back to the harbor safely.
However, its primary directive was to ensure the wellbeing of its owner.
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