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| adj. | 1. certain, sure | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured.; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" |
| ~ convinced, confident, positive | persuaded of; very sure.; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" |
| adj. | 2. certain, sure | exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance.; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" |
| ~ careful | exercising caution or showing care or attention.; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" |
| adj. | 3. certain, sure | certain to occur; destined or inevitable.; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" |
| ~ destined, bound | (usually followed by `to') governed by fate.; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" |
| ~ fated, doomed | (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate.; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" |
| ~ foreordained, predestinate, predestined | established or prearranged unalterably.; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world" |
| ~ in for | certain to get or have.; "he knew he was in for a licking" |
| ~ predictable | capable of being foretold. |
| adj. | 4. sure | physically secure or dependable.; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground" |
| ~ secure | free from danger or risk.; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field" |
| adj. | 5. certain, sure | reliable in operation or effect.; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" |
| ~ dependable, reliable | worthy of reliance or trust.; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker" |
| adj. | 6. sure, trusted | (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence.; "a sure (or trusted) friend" |
| ~ trustworthy, trusty | worthy of trust or belief.; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" |
| adj. | 7. sure | infallible or unfailing.; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 8. sure | certain not to fail.; "a sure hand on the throttle" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 9. indisputable, sure | impossible to doubt or dispute.; "indisputable (or sure) proof" |
| ~ certain | established beyond doubt or question; definitely known.; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" |
| adv. | 10. certainly, for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely | definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').; "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
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