assurancenoun
uk/əˈʃɔː.rəns/us/əˈʃʊr.əns/assurance noun (PROMISE)
C1 [ C ] a promise:
[ + (that) ] She gave me her assurance (that) she would sign the contract immediately.
Despite the government's repeated assurances to the contrary, taxation has risen over the past decade.
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- Despite repeated assurances that the product is safe, many people have stopped buying it.
- The fact that the number of deaths from cancer in the area has doubled surely gives the lie to official assurances of the safety of nuclear power.
- The management gave their assurances that there would be no more job losses.
- Despite assurances that the vaccine was safe, many parents chose to ignore government advice.
- The council has given assurances that the new building development will not encroach on public land.
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Making & breaking promises & commitments
- betray
- broken
- commit
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver
- fink
- fink out
- go back on sth
- guarantee
- New Year's resolution
- promise sb the earth/moon idiom
- promises, promises! idiom
- redeem
- resolution
- swear
- sworn
- vouch
- warrant
- warranty
- welsh
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assurance noun (CONFIDENCE)
C2 [ U ] confidence:
He spoke with calm assurance.
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Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertiveness training
- assured
- brass
- breezy
- bullish
- dogmatic
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- forwardness
- hold your head (up) high idiom
- positively
- rakish
- safe
- sassy
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-belief
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assurance noun (INSURANCE)
[ U ] UK a type of insurance against events that will certainly happen, such as death, not those that may happen, such as illness, fire, or having your property stolen
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Insurance
- actuarial
- assessor
- bancassurance
- claim
- coverage
- deductible
- endowment policy
- excess
- green card
- guarantee
- indemnify
- insurance
- insure
- insured
- insurer
- no-claims bonus
- policy
- premium
- the GISC
- uninsured
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