certain
Usage
What are other ways to say certain?
Certain, one of a handful of adjectives indicating full belief and trust that something is true, suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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In certain situations, bonds can offer a helpful hint about where stocks might be heading next.
From MarketWatch
Fehrenbach reminds readers in his classic Korean War history, “This Kind of War”: “If the free nations want a certain kind of world, they will have to fight for it.”
“She understood how the character would manifest her power psychologically and how there was a flip in the scene, where the flow of power runs the other direction at a certain point.”
From Los Angeles Times
The technology arms race between the U.S. and China, they added, “will likely create structural winners” in China—particularly in certain niches.
From Barron's
We might take a few more pictures in certain areas.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
