assurance B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /əˈʃɔːɹəns/ See IPA manual Freq #15258 Meanings 1 noun A promise or statement meant to make someone feel confident. He gave us his assurance that the work would be finished on time. 2 noun A feeling of confidence and certainty. She spoke with calm assurance in front of the large crowd. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a promise or statement... pledge 2 noun · a feeling of confidence and... sureness Word family Forms assurances Derived forms assurancesnonassurancepreassurancereassuranceself-assuranceunassurance Common collocations life assurance Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance. assuraunce Middle English asseurance Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # assurance **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈʃɔːɹəns/ **Frequency rank:** 15258 ## Meanings 1. A promise or statement meant to make someone feel confident. 2. A feeling of confidence and certainty. ## Examples - He gave us his assurance that the work would be finished on time. - She spoke with calm assurance in front of the large crowd. ## Derived Forms - assurances - nonassurance - preassurance - reassurance - self-assurance - unassurance ## Roots and Affixes - Root: assuraunce - Root: asseurance ## Etymology From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance. ## AI Etymology Assurance is from Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure plus -ance. The historical chain also includes Old French asseurance. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, assurance denotes a promise or statement meant to make someone feel confident and a feeling of confidence and certainty. The same word family continues in derived forms such as assurances, nonassurance, preassurance, and reassurance. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown