certain meaning
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[ˈsɜːtn̩] 
CA US WCertain
- AdjectiveCOMmore certainSUPmost certainSUF-ain
- Sure, positive, not doubting.
- I was certain of my decision.
- OBS Determined; resolved.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
- Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
- Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
- Sure, positive, not doubting.
- Determiner
- Having been determined but unspecified. The quality of some particular subject or object which is known by the speaker to have been specifically singled out among similar entities of its class.
- Having been determined but unspecified. The quality of some particular subject or object which is known by the speaker to have been specifically singled out among similar entities of its class.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Solomon had a thorough contempt for slothful, slack-handed farming, and lost no opportunity of giving drowsy ignorance a view of its own deformity, and its own certain fate.
- Each ruin pub is unique, but they all share certain similarities. The main ingredient is usually an abandoned building, preferably with a vacant lot nearby to hold picnic tables and a few beer taps.
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins
- Certain wagering individuals would profit from the outcome. ( adjectival )
- Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of certain for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "certain" is an adjective. It's also a determiner.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Determiners
- Adjectives
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