noun
definition
(with "the") Something certain.
adjective
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Sure, positive, not doubting.
example
I was certain of my decision.
definition
Determined; resolved.
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Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
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Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
example
Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.
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Unfailing; infallible.
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I have often wished , that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease
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Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
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Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
pronoun
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(with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
example
There were serious objections to certain of the proposals.
Examples of certain in a Sentence
I feel certain of it.
I'm certain he doesn't realize it, but he does put himself first.
We are certain about the results of this test, though.
She was equally certain that he would have loved them.
Glancing at the clock on her nightstand, she waited until certain her father had left then rose.
I can't say for certain, but I feel eyes on me.
Was it wishful thinking that made her so certain that he wasn't?
Once she was certain Cade and his guests were comfortable, she retreated to her room with a book.
Probably anonymously, probably with certain controls—but I believe they will share it.
You don't sound certain enough to make a deal with me.
They left her beyond confused, terrified and certain she didn't want anything to do with Darkyn right now.
But at a certain point, you don't need any more, and the technology is mature.
All people need rest, even if they are made of wood, and as there is no night here they select a certain time of the day in which to sleep or doze.
The hair on the back of his neck had been standing for the past mile he'd walked, only he wasn't entirely certain why.
Dulce was certain that he would return to his roots eventually.
There were few things in life she was certain about, and one of them was that she'd felt safer with Jule during their short time together than she ever did with her father.
The two Guardians looked at each other, neither certain how to respond.
I'm fairly certain she is the one; this Elizabeth...
She waited until she was certain he was distracted before she crept across the apartment, keeping as close to the wall farthest from him as possible.
Then we see that only people in certain parts of the country are getting better.
Are you certain this is what you want?
At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.
He was making certain I win, she said.
She has learned to connect certain movements of the body with anger, others with joy, and others still with sorrow.
Knowing Howie, I felt certain he loved her enough to forgive her.
In that moment she was certain she saw something in his eyes - something akin to remorse.
A spiked drink might seem harmless, but if a person was taking certain prescription drugs, it could be dangerous.
Why are there fewer traffic jams in one certain city than in any other of its size?
If she hadn't witnessed his exchange with the woman earlier, she would have been certain he was disappointed.
But no, she had been so certain, so naive.
We have specific criteria and certain limitations.
The heaviness of her mind grew, until she wasn't certain why she should resist Darkyn in the first place.
And not just certain farms, but farms that used a certain pesticide.
But I must be certain as it may well be the one I slayed as she squatted ignominiously on the toilet.
At a sufficient distance over the woods this sound acquires a certain vibratory hum, as if the pine needles in the horizon were the strings of a harp which it swept.
Alpatych named certain peasants he knew, from whom he told him to take the carts.
After the hussars had come to the village and Rostov had gone to see the princess, a certain confusion and dissension had arisen among the crowd.
He gets stymied at times because of lack of access to certain information sources.
He wasn't certain he believed me but he was definitely curious.
Not at all certain what he meant, she was hungry enough to test his claim.
I can't tell you which clips will be watched in a century, but I'm certain that some will be.
Let us drink to his health and to the certain defeat of the French!
Please. I have a covering for you as soon as I'm certain you bear me no ill will.
Why do people in certain areas stay in school longer than those in other areas?
Due to genetic factors we will certainly learn about in the future, some drugs and treatments do not work on certain people.
There is a certain limit of time in less than which no amount of heat can melt the snow.
There was something familiar about that face, yet she was certain she had never met him before.
I was certain he'd awake at the sound but his slumber was so deep he didn't move.
She withdrew her teeth from his neck, not at all certain what to think of what she'd done.
Or that a certain group of people who do a seemingly unrelated set of a dozen activities report levels of happiness higher than average?