1
: characterized by certainty or security : guaranteed
an assured market
an assured place in history
Success is by no means assured.
She is assured of (having/getting) a job when she graduates. [=she is certain to have/get a job]
2
a
: very confident : self-assured
proceeded with an assured attitude
b
3
: sure that something is certain or true
You can rest assured [=you can be sure] that we won't be late.
Rest assured, it won't happen again.
as·sur·ed·ness
ə-ˈshu̇r(-ə)d-nəs 
-ˈshər(-ə)d-
-ˈshər(-ə)d-
a-
plural -es
: the quality or state of being assured
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—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Again, one expected of an assured athlete anticipating a promising NBA career.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Knights players exchanged smiles and knowing looks as if a meme was in the making — and then the red-haired fellow hit a home run with his smooth and assured rendition, as seen in video from the game.
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Adjective
But Richard Bowden, division head of assured and resilient PNT at the multinational technology company GMV in Spain, shared a different theory with Veritasium about how the interference bursts may actually represent short communication messages being sent from Russian satellites.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
This creates a mutually assured destruction dynamic that disincentivizes selling.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Again, one expected of an assured athlete anticipating a promising NBA career.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Knights players exchanged smiles and knowing looks as if a meme was in the making — and then the red-haired fellow hit a home run with his smooth and assured rendition, as seen in video from the game.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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“Assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assured. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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