assurance
assurance
/əˈʃʊərəns/, /əˈʃɔːrəns/
1 countable a statement that something will certainly be true or will certainly happen, particularly when there has been doubt about it They called for assurances that the government is committed to its education policy.
Unemployment seems to be rising, despite repeated assurances to the contrary.
Collocations
adjective
verb + assurance
preposition
assurance about
assurance by
assurance from…
phrases
despite assurances
2 (also self-assurance) uncountable belief in your own abilities or strengths There was an air of easy assurance about him.
It was good to see some of her old assurance coming back.
Collocations
adjective
verb + assurance
3 uncountable (British English) a type of insurance in which money is paid out when somebody dies or after an agreed period of time a life assurance company
We bought a life assurance policy.
Word Origin
late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from assurer ‘assure’.