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31certain — 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,… …
32certain — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ Digby looked certain to be the next president. ▪ become, grow ▪ …
33certain — 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:… …
34certain — 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… …
35certain — /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… …
36certain — 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:… …
37certain — adjective 1) I m certain he s guilty Syn: sure, confident, positive, convinced, in no doubt, satisfied, assured, persuaded Ant: doubtful 2) it is certain that more changes are in the offing Syn …
38certain — [ sə:t(ə)n, tɪn] adjective 1》 able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case. 2》 completely convinced of something. 3》 specific but not explicitly named or stated: certain problems. ↘not known to the reader or hearer: a certain Mr Percy …
39certain — adjective 1) I m certain he s guilty Syn: sure, confident, positive, convinced, in no doubt, satisfied 2) it is certain that more changes are in the offing Syn: unquestionable, sure, definite, beyond question …
40certain — Philippine English Used to emphasize or to denote, as in e.g., The desk officer of the UP police, a certain Corporal Kalibo, told the Inquirer ... , or What we re really pushing for is diversification, maybe have a certain bucket in fixed income …
