certain
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
noun
1. (with "the") Something certain.
adjective
1. Sure, positive, not doubting.
"I was certain of my decision."
2. Determined; resolved.
3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
"Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending."
5. Unfailing; infallible.
6. I have often wished , that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease
7. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
8. Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
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pronoun
1. (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
"There were serious objections to certain of the proposals."
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
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