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# insure

verb (insure, insures, insured, insuring)

«insure» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) To insure something is to pay a company a small amount regularly so that, if it is lost, damaged or stolen, the company pays you money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#m1)
2. (money) To insure a person means to buy insurance that pays out if they are ill, hurt or die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#m2)
3. To protect against a bad result: practising insures against mistakes (more often spelled «ensure» or «insure against» in US English). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#m3)
4. Insure can also mean to make certain that something will happen, especially something good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#m4)

### In the lessons

In adult life and money lessons: insure the car, insure the house, travel insurance. In stories: «Luckily the house was insured». It tells the reader there is a plan to pay for loss.

### Examples

- Dad insures the car every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x1)
- Is your bike insured against theft? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x2)
- They insured the house against fire and floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x3)
- We insured our luggage before the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x4)
- The violin is insured for a lot of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x5)
- Mum pays a monthly sum to insure our home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x6)
- Wearing a helmet is one way to insure against injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x7)
- In conclusion, the voice assured her, that compliance with the above conditions would insure for her a safe return to the realms of light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/#x8)

### Note

Noun: insurance; the money you pay is a premium. Trap: «insure» (cover with insurance) vs «ensure» (make sure) vs «assure» (tell someone confidently). In UK English «ensure» is used for «make sure»; in US English «insure» is sometimes used for it too. Maths: a premium is paid often (e.g. monthly), and the payout is only made if something goes wrong.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «insure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«insure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insure.html) on Mova free.