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11certain — adj 1 positive, *sure, cocksure Analogous words: *confident, assured, sanguine Antonyms: uncertain Contrasted words: *doubtful, dubious, questionable 2 Certain, inevitable, necessary are comparable when they mean bound to follow in obedience to… …
12certain — [adj1] confident assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, convinced, positive, questionless, sanguine, satisfied, secure, selfconfident, sure, unconcerned, undisturbed, undoubtful, undoubting, unperturbed, untroubled; concept 403 Ant.… …
13certain of — formal phrase several specific people or things belonging to a larger group Certain of the criticisms made then are now widely accepted. Thesaurus: general words for numbers, amounts and quantitieshyponym nothing, none and no onesynonym… …
14Certain — Cer tain, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] 2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
15Certain — war ein französischer Hersteller von Automobilen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Unternehmensgeschichte 2 Fahrzeuge 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks …
16Certain — Porté dans la Loire Atlantique, le nom se rencontre aussi dans l Aisne. Sans doute le surnom d un homme résolu ou sincère, deux des principaux sens de l adjectif certain au Moyen Âge …
17certain — c.1300, determined, fixed, from O.Fr. certain reliable, sure, assured (12c.), from V.L. *certanus, from L. certus sure, fixed, settled, determined, originally a variant pp. of cernere to distinguish, decide, lit. to sift, separate (see CRISIS (Cf …
18certain — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be relied on to happen or be the case. 2) completely convinced of something. 3) specific but not explicitly named or stated. ► PRONOUN (certain of) ▪ some but not all. ORIGIN Latin certus settled, sure …
19Certain — Cer tain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] …
20certain — cer|tain1 W1S1 [ˈsə:tn US ˈsə:r ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Vulgar Latin certanus, from Latin certus decided, certain , from cernere to sift, decide ] 1.) [not before noun] confident and sure, without any doubts = ↑sure certain… …
