Meaning of make sure | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   archaic
4. To betroth.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm going to make⟳ sure that I get⟳ to the interview on time.”

“I expected to be able to get⟳ to the interview on time, but I left home earlier than usual just to make⟳ sure.”

“"We want⟳ to do everything we can to make⟳ sure everyone has a hassle-free journey.”

“When you leave⟳, make⟳ sure you have⟳ locked the door behind you.”

“Make⟳ sure of your sources before you publish⟳.”

““The gun!” said he. “I have⟳ thought of that,” said I, for I made sure he was thinking of a bombardment of the fort. “They could never get⟳ the gun ashore, and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods.””

“‘I put⟳ my name⟳ to a bill for Fred; it was for a hundred and sixty pounds. He made sure he could meet⟳ it himself.’”

“"You—you said God would bring⟳ papa back, if I prayed to Him, and I did, Ann. I've asked God every day, and I've been expecting papa ever since, and when Jack brought the dinner to-day, I made sure he had come⟳ at last⟳."”

“'You won't stay⟳? Not even for one night? Oh, but, Kate, there's so much to do. I made sure you'd both stay⟳ to help⟳ me,' Dot said, despair coursing through her at the thought of the solitary tasks ahead.”

“[…] then his marriage shall be ſolemniz'd, / For wrote you not that I haue made him ſure / Vnto our Coſin, the Earle of Gloſters heire.”

“Women are borne, but to make⟳ fooles of men. She that's made sure to him, she loves not well, Her banes are ask'd here, but she wedds in hell; Parents that match⟳ their children gainst their will, Teach⟳ them not how to live⟳, but how to kill⟳.”

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