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{
"term": "assurance",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a statement that something will certainly be true or will certainly happen, particularly when there has been doubt about it",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They called for assurances that the government is committed to its education policy."
},
{
"text": "Unemployment seems to be rising, despite repeated **assurances to the contrary**."
},
{
"text": "He accused the minister of reneging on assurances given earlier."
},
{
"text": "He gave me his personal assurance that the vehicle was safe."
},
{
"text": "They accepted his assurance that patients would be treated as soon as possible."
},
{
"text": "I can give you a categorical assurance that there are no such plans."
},
{
"text": "I must have your assurance that there will be no repetition of this conduct."
},
{
"text": "The minister gave formal assurances of his country's rejection of terrorism."
},
{
"text": "They asked for assurances on the safety of the system."
},
{
"text": "We now have a firm assurance of support from the government."
},
{
"text": "They had received assurances of continued military assistance."
}
],
"synonyms": "guarantee, promise",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "categorical", "clear"],
"verb + assurance": ["have", "give somebody", "make"],
"preposition": ["assurance about", "assurance by", "assurance from"],
"phrases": ["despite assurances"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "belief in your own abilities or strengths",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was an air of easy assurance about him."
},
{
"text": "It was good to see some of her old assurance coming back."
},
{
"text": "Even at a very young age she showed a great deal of assurance."
},
{
"text": "She spoke with calm assurance."
}
],
"synonyms": "confidence",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["calm", "quiet", "great"],
"verb + assurance": ["have", "show"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a type of insurance in which money is paid out when somebody dies or after an agreed period of time",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a life assurance company"
},
{
"text": "We bought a life assurance policy."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊərəns//əˈʃɔːrəns/",
"audio": "as/assurance/assurance__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈʃʊrəns/",
"audio": "as/assurance/assurance__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from assurer ‘assure’."
}