ensure: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 6 letter points · starts with E · ends with E
Meaning of ensure
verb
- intransitive
To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
Example: I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.
- obsolete, transitive
To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
Listed forms: ensures, ensuring, ensured.
Source: Wiktionary — ensure.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ensure.
verb
make certain of
verb
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ensure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ensure
E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of ensure
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from ensure
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