assured

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈʃʊəd/, /əˈʃɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈʃʊɹd/, /əˈʃɝd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d, -ɔː(ɹ)d, -ɜː(ɹ)d

Verb

assured

1. simple past and past participle of assure

Adjective

assured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured)

1. Guaranteed; secure.
2. Self-confident; self-assured; sure.
   • 2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.

3. (obsolete) Reliable, confirmed.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:

     What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
     For euen as from aſſured oracle,
     I take thy doome for ſatiſfaction.

Synonyms

• (guaranteed): sicker

Derived terms

• assuredly
• assuredness
• mutual assured destruction
• overassured
• self-assured
• unassured
• underassured

 

Translations

guaranteed — see guaranteed

confident — see confident

Noun

assured (plural assureds)

1. An insured person.

   Synonym: insured

Anagrams

• Dusares, Sauders