Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ENSURE
see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; “He verified that the valves were closed”; “See that the curtains are closed”; “control the quality of the product”
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure
(verb) make certain of; “This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”; “Preparation will guarantee success!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ensure (third-person singular simple present ensures, present participle ensuring, simple past and past participle ensured)
(transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. [14th-18th c.]
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]
Anagrams
• enures, reunes, ursene
Source: Wiktionary
En*sure", v. t.
1. To make sure. See Insure.
2. To betroth. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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