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reassure

re·as·sure
R r

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ree-uh-shoo r, -shur]
    • /ˌri əˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr/
    • /ˌriː.əˈʃɔːr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ree-uh-shoo r, -shur]
    • /ˌri əˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr/

Definitions of reassure word

  • verb with object reassure to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me. 1
  • verb with object reassure to assure again. 1
  • verb with object reassure to reinsure. 1
  • verb reassure If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something. 0
  • verb reassure to relieve (someone) of anxieties; restore confidence to 0
  • verb transitive reassure to assure again or anew 0

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Origin of reassure

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; re- + assure

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Reassure

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

reassure popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for reassure

verb reassure

  • angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
  • certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
  • come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.

Antonyms for reassure

verb reassure

  • affright — to frighten
  • agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
  • alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  • annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • appal — If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.

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