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INSURED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.

Synonyms:

insured; insured person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("insured" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered by insurance

Example:

all members of the film cast and crew are insured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

insurable (capable of being insured or eligible to be insured)

Antonym:

uninsured (not covered by insurance)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb insure

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