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  • 51certain - sure — ◊ having no doubts If you are certain or sure about something, you have no doubts about it. He felt certain that she would disapprove. I m sure she s right. Note that certain and …

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  • 52certain — /serr tn/, adj. 1. free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come. 2. destined; sure to happen (usually fol. by an infinitive): He is certain to be there. 3. inevitable; bound to come: They realized then that war was… …

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  • 53certain*/*/*/ — [ˈsɜːt(ə)n] adj I 1) having no doubts that something is true Syn: sure Ant: uncertain I m not absolutely certain, but I think I m right.[/ex] You can be pretty certain she s not going to like it.[/ex] We still can t be certain who is going to win …

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  • 54certain — adj. & pron. adj. 1 a (often foll. by of, or that + clause) confident, convinced (certain that I put it here). b (often foll. by that + clause) indisputable; known for sure (it is certain that he is guilty). 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) a that… …

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  • 55certain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. some; specified. See quantity, speciality, certainty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Confident] Syn. assured, sure, positive, questionless, satisfied, self confident, undoubting, unwavering, believing,… …

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  • 56certain — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ Digby looked certain to be the next president. ▪ become, grow ▪ …

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  • 57certain — cer•tain [[t]ˈsɜr tn[/t]] adj. 1) free from doubt or reservation; confident 2) destined; sure to happen: She is certain to be there[/ex] 3) inevitable; bound to come: Death and taxes are certain[/ex] 4) established as true or sure; indisputable:… …

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  • 58certain — adj., sûr, vrai, assuré ; considéré comme vrai, indubitable ; sûr, qui n a aucun doute ; fixe, déterminé : dcho adv. (Albanais.001) ; SARTIN / sértin, NA, E adj. (001, Annecy, Leschaux, Saxel.002, Thônes / Samoëns) || sêrtin, no, ê (St martin… …

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  • 59certain — /ˈsɜtn / (say sertn) adjective 1. (sometimes followed by of) having no doubt; confident or assured: I am certain of being able to finish it by tomorrow. 2. sure; inevitable; bound to come: *An accident with a rifle would be almost certain to… …

  • 60certain — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *certanus, from Latin certus, from past participle of cernere to sift, discern, decide; akin to Greek krinein to separate, decide, judge, Old Irish criathar sieve Date:… …

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