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Certain Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Certain? [adj] 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" [adj] 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"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [adj] capable of being depended on; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [adj] established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Certain: bound(p) \| careful \| dependable \| destined \| doomed \| fated \| foreordained \| in for(p) \| predestinate \| predestined \| reliable \| sealed \| sure Related Terms \| Find terms related to Certain: a \| a certain \| absolute \| accurate \| actual \| adducible \| admissible \| agape \| agog \| all agog \| an \| anticipant \| anticipating \| anticipative \| anticipatory \| any \| any one \| apodictic \| ascertained \| assured \| atomic \| attestative \| attested \| attestive \| authentic \| authenticated \| awaiting \| based on \| believing \| bound \| categorically true \| certified \| changeless \| circumstantial \| clear \| clear and distinct \| clear as day \| cocksure \| composite \| conclusive \| concrete \| confident \| confirmable \| confirmed \| constant \| convinced \| convincing \| corroborated \| covered \| credible \| cumulative \| damning \| decided \| decisive \| defined \| definite \| demonstrable \| demonstrated \| dependable \| destined \| detailed \| determinate \| determinative \| determined \| devout \| different \| distinct \| distinguished \| divers \| documentary \| documented \| dogmatic \| doubtless \| eager \| effectual \| either \| ensured \| esoteric \| especial \| established \| evidential \| evidentiary \| ex parte \| exceptional \| exclusive \| expectant \| expecting \| express \| extraordinary \| eye-witness \| factual \| faithful \| fated \| fateful \| fideistic \| final \| firm \| firsthand \| fixed \| forearmed \| forestalling \| forewarned \| founded on \| gaping \| grounded on \| guaranteed \| hearsay \| historical \| hopeful \| implicit \| impressed with \| in anticipation \| in expectation \| in the cards \| incontestable \| incontrovertible \| indefeasible \| indicative \| indisputable \| individual \| indivisible \| indubitable \| ineluctable \| ineludible \| inescapable \| inevasible \| inevitable \| inexorable \| infallible \| inflexible \| inner \| insured \| integral \| intimate \| invariable \| irreducible \| irrefutable \| irresistible \| irrevocable \| lone \| looking for \| looking forward to \| many \| material \| measured \| minute \| monadic \| monistic \| more \| more than one \| necessary \| not in error \| not singular \| not surprised \| noteworthy \| numerous \| nuncupative \| objectively true \| one \| optimistic \| overwhelming \| particular \| perfectly sure \| permanent \| personal \| persuaded \| pietistic \| pious \| pistic \| plausible \| plural \| pluralistic \| plurative \| positive \| precise \| predestined \| predetermined \| prepared \| presumptive \| private \| probative \| provable \| proved \| quantified \| quantitative \| quantitive \| quantized \| ready \| real \| relentless \| reliable \| resistless \| respective \| sanguine \| satisfied \| secure \| secured \| set \| settled \| several \| significant \| simple \| single \| singular \| sold on \| sole \| solid \| solipsistic \| solitary \| some \| special \| specific \| stable \| standard \| stated \| steady \| stipulated \| substantiated \| suggestive \| sundry \| sure \| sure as death \| sure as fate \| sure-enough \| surefire \| symptomatic \| telling \| traditional \| true \| true as gospel \| trustworthy \| truthful \| unalterable \| unambiguous \| unanalyzable \| unavoidable \| unchanging \| unconfuted \| uncontestable \| uncontrollable \| undeflectable \| undeniable \| undenied \| under the impression \| undisputed \| undivided \| undoubted \| undoubtful \| undoubting \| unequivocal \| unerring \| unerroneous \| unevadable \| unfailing \| unfallacious \| unfalse \| uniform \| unique \| unitary \| univocal \| unmistakable \| unmistaken \| unnamed \| unpreventable \| unquestionable \| unquestioned \| unrefuted \| unspecified \| unstoppable \| unsurprised \| unyielding \| valid \| validated \| various \| veracious \| verifiable \| verified \| veritable \| waiting \| waiting for \| warranted \| watching for \| weighty \| well-grounded \| whole \| written See Also \| predictable Certain In Webster's Dictionary \Cer"tain\, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. ? to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.] 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden. I myself am certain of you. --Wyclif. 2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. --Dan. ii. 45. 4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. --Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak. 5. Unfailing; infallible. I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. --Mead. 6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. --Ex. xvi. 4. 7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. It came to pass when he was in a certain city. --Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. --Macaulay. {For certain}, assuredly. {Of a certain}, certainly. Syn: Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. \Cer"tain\, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Cer"tain\, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton.

Certain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Certain?

[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"
[adj] capable of being depended on; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites"
[adj] established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"

See Also | predictable

Certain In Webster's Dictionary

\Cer"tain\, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus,
fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of
cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. ? to
decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a
sieve, rinse, v.]
1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions
   concerning.

         To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden.

         I myself am certain of you.           --Wyclif.

2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

         However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to
         undergo like doom.                    --Milton.

3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

         The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
         sure.                                 --Dan. ii. 45.

4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

         Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers
         to uncertain praise.                  --Dryden.

         Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
                                               --Shak.

5. Unfailing; infallible.

         I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy
         for any other distemper.              --Mead.

6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

         The people go out and gather a certain rate every
         day.                                  --Ex. xvi. 4.

7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or
   some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and
   meaning certain persons.

         It came to pass when he was in a certain city.
                                               --Luke. v. 12.

         About everything he wrote there was a certain
         natural grace und decorum.            --Macaulay.

{For certain}, assuredly.

{Of a certain}, certainly.

Syn: Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable;
     undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable;
     incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed;
     stated.


\Cer"tain\, n.
1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower.

2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Cer"tain\, adv.
Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton.

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