certain meaning
[ 'sə:tən ] Pronunciation: "certain" in a sentence
Adjective: certain surt(u)n
- Definite but not specified or identified
"set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones" - Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
"felt certain of success"; "was certain she had seen it"
- sure - 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" - 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"
- sure - Established irrevocably
- sealed - Reliable in operation or effect
"a quick and certain remedy"
- sure - Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
"be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"
- sure
See also: assurance, authority, bound, careful, certainly, certainty, confidence, confident, convinced, definite, dependable, destined, doomed, fated, foregone conclusion, foreordained, in for, indisputable, positive, predestinate, predestined, predictable, reliable, self-assurance, self-confidence, sure, sure as shooting, sure thing, sureness
Antonym: uncertain
Encyclopedia: Certain
Examples
More: Next- certain particles will exert equal forces.
- the pain is often exacerbated by certain foods.
- the story has a certain bizarre interest.
- i didn't tell him i would come for certain.
- any substitute was certain to be worse.