Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ensure

Meaning of Ensure

Synonyms of Ensure

verb

ascertain
assure
certify
check
clinch
confirm
corroborate
dismiss doubt
endorse
give security
give surety
guarantee
indemnify against loss
insure
keep from harm
keep safe
make certain
make sure
offer collateral
promise
protect
safeguard
secure
underwrite
verify
warrant

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Legal Usage of Ensure (to) in English

An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Ensure (to) :’To ensure’ means ‘to make sure or certain’. However, it is often used in the European Union to mean ‘to provide’. ‘Ensure’ should never be followed by ‘to’ and an indirect object.

Example

‘Establish national plans for rare diseases in order to ensure to patients with rare diseases universal access to high quality care, including diagnostics, treatments and orphan drugs throughout their national territory on the basis of equity and solidarity throughout the EU77.’

Alternatives

provide (with), guarantee.

Ensure