make sure

1. 1.

   make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

   Synonymsmake a point

   Broaderact

Questions about make sure

What does make sure mean?

make sure means "make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally".

What is another word for make sure?

Close synonyms include make a point. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make sure a common word?

make sure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.