Dictionary Entry
assurance
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/əˈʃɔːɹəns/Word FrequencyCommon (4.9)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
In a Sentence
“The essay uses assurance to make the point more precise.”
Published Usage Examples
“The promise that his house should be blessed was intended as a compensation for the disappointment of his wish to build the temple, and hence this assurance is appropriately repeated at the conclusion of the prophet's address [Bertheau].”
“'I suspect, however, that, if we were able to get a bird's-eye view of his mind and all its workings, we should discover that what he called assurance was not the condition you would call such.”
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Origin
Late Middle English from Old French assurance, from Latin assurare ‘make safe, assure’
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