Re: [anglesfacil] to ensure

[Lou Hevly <soc(!)visca.com>]

At 10:29 05/08/04, Carles Riera Fonts wrote:
> Perhaps one of the most important things that we would be able to do 
> from anglesfacil(!)visca.com would be point out the errors or 
> deficiencies of the "Diccionari angl.-cat." from the Enciclopedia 
> Catalana.

Un projecte que tinc pensat però que encara no he encetat és 
precisament fer una pàgina web amb correccions i esmenes per a aquests 
diccionaris.

> For example, why the verb "to ensure" doesn't appears in this 
> dictionary?

It must have been an oversight.

> What does it mean exactly?

assegurar; To make sure or certain; insure: "Our precautions ensured 
our safety".

Usage Note (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=assure): Assure, 
ensure, and insure all mean "to make secure or certain." Only assure is 
used with reference to a person in the sense of "to set the mind at 
rest": "He assured the leader of his loyalty". Although ensure and 
insure are generally interchangeable, only insure is now widely used in 
American English in the commercial sense of "to guarantee persons or 
property against risk."


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Lou Hevly
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