insure
verb/ɪnˈʃʊə(r)/, /ɪnˈʃɔː(r)/
/ɪnˈʃʊr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they insure | /ɪnˈʃʊə(r)/, /ɪnˈʃɔː(r)/ /ɪnˈʃʊr/ |
| he / she / it insures | /ɪnˈʃʊəz/, /ɪnˈʃɔːz/ /ɪnˈʃʊrz/ |
| past simple insured | /ɪnˈʃʊəd/, /ɪnˈʃɔːd/ /ɪnˈʃʊrd/ |
| past participle insured | /ɪnˈʃʊəd/, /ɪnˈʃɔːd/ /ɪnˈʃʊrd/ |
| -ing form insuring | /ɪnˈʃʊərɪŋ/, /ɪnˈʃɔːrɪŋ/ /ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to buy insurance so that you will receive money if your property, car, etc. gets damaged or stolen, or if you get ill or die
- insure something/yourself (for something) The painting is insured for $1 million.
- insure something/yourself (against something) You should insure the car against fire and theft.
- Luckily he had insured himself against long-term illness.
- (figurative) Having a lot of children is a way of insuring themselves against loneliness in old age.
- insure against something We strongly recommend insuring against sickness or injury.
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- [transitive] insure somebody/something to sell insurance to somebody for something
- The company can refuse to insure a property that does not have window locks.
- (especially North American English) (also ensure British and North American English)to make sure that something happens or is definite
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘assure someone of something’): alteration of ensure.
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