certain
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Definitions ofcertain
- (with "the") Something certain.
- Sure, positive, not doubting.
Example: "I was certain of my decision."
- Determined; resolved.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Example: "Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending."
- Unfailing; infallible.
- I have often wished , that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease
- Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
- Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
- (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
Example: "There were serious objections to certain of the proposals."
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