ensures

VERB

guarantee; make secure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assure establish insure protect provide safeguard secure

STRONG

arrange certify cinch clinch confirm effect guard okay warrant

WEAK

lock on lock up make certain make safe make sure nail down put on ice set out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

endanger harm hurt injure

STRONG

contradict deny forget ignore invalidate neglect reject repudiate veto

Example Sentences

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This 4-0 victory ensures they lead the way on head-to-head and just need to match England's result against Ukraine on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The statute applies the same regulatory logic to stablecoins that ensures that the banking sector is safe and reliable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

They say it ensures all votes are accurately counted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Still, the WireGuard protocol ensures optimal performance in many cases, and the speeds we got during testing were still completely usable for most tasks.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

But simply punishing the broken—walking away from them or hiding them from sight—only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson