reassure
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɹiəˈʃʊə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ɹiəˈʃʊɹ/
Verb

reassure (reassures, present participle reassuring; past and past participle reassured)

  1. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
    The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
  2. (transitive) To reinsure.
Related terms Translations Translations
  • French: réassurer
  • Russian: перестрахо́вывать
  • Spanish: reasegurar



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