certain
Usage
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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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These lysosomes act as slow release reservoirs -- holding onto the drug and releasing it gradually -- which increases exposure in certain cells while leaving others with much lower levels.
From Science Daily
Guthrie’s re-entry on “Today” is certain to generate significant viewer interest.
From Los Angeles Times
What’s all but certain is that the Bears will be leaving the actual city of Chicago, which the team has called home for over a century.
Washington, D.C. and 13 other states have similar laws to Mississippi in which ballots postmarked on or before Election Day will be counted within a certain period of time after Election Day.
From Salon
A certain fateful missive brought Holbein to Thomas More, one of Henry VIII’s most trusted advisers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
