certainadjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/certain adjective (WITHOUT DOUBT)
B1 having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, or effective:
C1 to know or say something without doubt:
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- I'm absolutely certain I left my purse on the desk.
- I feel certain I'm right.
- He's not certain whether to invest in the property market.
- Make certain that we have enough drink for the party.
- It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
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Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertiveness training
- assured
- brass
- breezy
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- ego
- forwardness
- hold your head (up) high idiom
- inadequacy
- positively
- safe
- sassy
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-belief
- self-confident
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certain adjective (EXTREMELY LIKELY)
B1 impossible to avoid or extremely likely:
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- His execution became certain when the state board refused his request for commutation.
- With Steve Lewis at the helm, we are certain of success.
- Reducing the number of staff is certain to inflame the already angry medical profession.
- It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
- She is riding the fastest horse and is certain to romp home.
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Inevitable
- all roads lead to Rome idiom
- automatic
- automatically
- be (only) a matter of time idiom
- be damned if you do and damned if you don't idiom
- be nothing for it idiom
- be part and parcel of sth idiom
- doom
- fate
- fated
- implacable
- inalienable
- inexorable
- it can't be helped idiom
- matter
- relentless
- remorseless
- seal
- seal sb's fate idiom
- unstoppable
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certain adjective (NAMED)
[ before noun ] formal named but neither famous nor known well:
certain adjective (LIMITED)
[ before noun ] limited:
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Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- below
- could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
- drabs
- few
- flicker
- less
- little
- mild
- minimal
- modest
- narrow
- negligible
- niggardly
- none to speak of idiom
- outside
- slender
- small
- thinly
- under
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certaindeterminer
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/B1 particular but not named or described:
B2 used before a noun when it is difficult to describe something exactly or give its exact amount:
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- The disease seems to be specific to certain types of plant.
- Some people find that certain foods trigger their headaches.
- It's against the law to leave children under a certain age alone in the house.
- Farmers are eligible for government support if they let a certain amount of land lie fallow.
- I'm allergic to certain foods.
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Particular and individual
- be the very thing idiom
- esp
- especially
- head
- individual
- individualism
- individualist
- individuality
- particular
- particularity
- peculiar
- peculiarity
- peculiarly
- per capita
- personal
- pet
- singly
- specifically
- the UN
- to wit idiom
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certainpronoun
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/formalsome:
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Some and quite
- bit
- degree
- faintly
- fairly
- ha'porth
- halfway
- mildly
- moderate
- pretty
- quite
- rather
- remotely
- several
- slightly
- some
- sort
- sort of idiom
- to a/some degree idiom
- touch
- trifle
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