Assured is most commonly followed by of when talking about certainty or confidence. Other prepositions may appear in different sentence structures or with separate meanings.
Use assured of for certainty about a fact, result, or support. Assured about is also possible in some contexts, especially in informal English. In, with, and on are usually not standard complements after assured.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use assured of to express confidence or certainty about a result, fact, or support.
Assured about is less formal but natural when discussing confidence about a situation or decision.
In can follow self-assured when the phrase refers to behaviour in a particular context. The preposition relates to the setting, not directly to assured.
With is usually not selected by assured itself. It may introduce an accompanying detail in the sentence.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Assured is not normally followed directly by in to express certainty.
✕ She is assured in the result. ✓ She is assured of the result.With usually introduces an accompanying detail, not the object of assurance.
✕ He was assured with success. ✓ He was assured of success.Assured is an adjective; assure is the verb.
✕ They assured of victory. ✓ They were assured of victory.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. Assured of is the standard expression for certainty or confidence.
Yes. It is used especially for confidence about a situation, decision, or topic.
Usually no as a direct complement. With more often introduces an accompanying detail, such as with an assured smile.
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