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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What is certain is that full freezes of the lake surface are now the exception rather than the rule, as they were for centuries.
From Barron's
"We do have to deal with this topic already because there are certain things and certain developments in Germany where we have to be really careful," Catak told a press conference on Friday.
From Barron's
Other factors, such as heightened curiosity about certain puzzles, could have influenced both dreaming and performance.
From Science Daily
When nationally prominent figures die, members of China’s top leadership and retired party grandees send wreaths and, in certain cases, personally attend the funerals.
“There is a certain amount of security I feel that I’ve already taken care of myself in that way,” Bovington says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
