English Explanatory Dictionary

make sure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To ensure that something specific happens, is done etc., or of something happening.
  2. To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain.
  3. To feel certain of something; to be convinced.
  4. To betroth.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-make sure.wav

Word forms

make sure makes sure making sure made sure

Synonyms

to it make certain * see make doubly sure

Related words

sure of
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