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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

(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.

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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Adj.	1.	assured - 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"

assured

adjective

1. confident, certain, positive, bold, poised, assertive, complacent, fearless, audacious, pushy (informal), brazen, self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed, overconfident, dauntless, sure of yourself He was much more assured than in recent appearances.
confident retiring, timid, self-conscious, hesitant, self-effacing, diffident, bashful

2. certain, sure, ensured, confirmed, settled, guaranteed, fixed, secure, sealed, clinched, made certain, sound, in the bag (slang), dependable, beyond doubt, irrefutable, unquestionable, indubitable Our victory is assured; nothing can stop us.
certain uncertain, doubtful, unsettled, unsure, questionable, ambiguous, indefinite, unconfirmed

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

assured

adjective

1. Having no doubt:

certain, confident, positive, sure, undoubting.

2. Having a firm belief in one's own powers:

confident, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed.

Translations

واثِق

sebejistý

selvsikker

seguro

öruggur, viss

assicurata assicurato sicuro

selvsikker

kendinden eminkendine güvenen

自信的

assured

[əˈʃʊəd]

A. ADJ

1. (= self-assured) → confiado, sereno

2. (= certain) → seguro
you have an assured future → tienes 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

[əˈʃʊə^rd] 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

adj → sicher; income, future also → gesichert; (= self-confident) → sicher; to rest assured that … → sicher sein, dass …; to rest assured of something → einer 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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She assured him that as what she had to say was a secret that belonged to him only, so whether he accepted her offer or not, it should remain a secret to all the world, unless he exposed it himself; nor should his refusing her service in it make her so little show her respect as to do him the least injury, so that he should be entirely at liberty to act as he thought fit.

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A WIDOW weeping on her husband's grave was approached by an Engaging Gentleman who, in a respectful manner, assured her that he had long entertained for her the most tender feelings.

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Rest assured that NEVER should I make sport of your years or of your character.

Again I beg of you not to be angry with me, but to rest assured of my constant respect and attachment.--Your humble, devoted servant,

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"Well, you can sit there all right," Hamel assured him.

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"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.

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Sophia, notwithstanding her fright, presently knew her father's voice; and his lordship, notwithstanding his passion, knew the voice of reason, which peremptorily assured him, it was not now a time for the perpetration of his villany.

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Contemptible as a regard founded only on compassion must make them both in my eyes, I felt by no means assured that such might not be the consequence.

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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.

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For in order to know the nature of God (whose existence has been established by the preceding reasonings), as far as my own nature permitted, I had only to consider in reference to all the properties of which I found in my mind some idea, whether their possession was a mark of perfection; and I was assured that no one which indicated any imperfection was in him, and that none of the rest was awanting.

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"Evgenie Pavlovitch," he said, with strange excitement and seizing the latter's hand in his own, "be assured that I esteem you as a generous and honourable man, in spite of everything.