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gagman

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='dt'> incapable of failing destined —used with a following infinitive //she is certain to do well
  • assured in mind or action //I am certain they are right
    • for ​certain
      as a certainty assuredly //the cause is not known for certain
    • of ​a ​certain ​age
      of a somewhat advanced age no longer young //remembered by people of a certain age
    pronoun
    plural in construction

    Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

    • certain ones //… certain of my generation … — W. B. Yeats
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms: Adjective
    anonymous given one some unidentified unnamed unspecified
    Examples
    Adjective
    • //I'm fairly certain that I'll be on time.
    • //a certain person told me that today is your birthday
    First Known Use
    Adjective
    13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    Pronoun
    15th century, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    Adjective
    Middle English certeyn, certayne, borrowed from Anglo-French certein, certain, going back to Vulgar Latin *certānus, from Latin certus "fixed, settled, indisputable," originally past participle of cernere "to sift, discern, decide, determine" (going back to an Indo-European present stem *kri-n-, verbal adjective *kri-to-, from a verbal base *krei̯̯̯(h1)- "sift, separate," whence Greek krī́nein "to separate, choose, decide," verbal adjective kritós, Welsh gogrynu "to sift") + -ānus + -an entry 2
    Pronoun
    Middle English certyn, derivative of certeyn certain entry 1
    certain
    adjective

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    • for ​certain
      as a certainty assuredly //the cause is not known for certain
    • of ​a ​certain ​age
      of a somewhat advanced age no longer young //remembered by people of a certain age
    pronoun
    plural in construction

    Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

    • certain ones //… certain of my generation … — W. B. Yeats
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms: Adjective
    anonymous given one some unidentified unnamed unspecified
    Examples
    Adjective
    • //I'm fairly certain that I'll be on time.
    • //a certain person told me that today is your birthday
    First Known Use
    Adjective
    13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    Pronoun
    15th century, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    Adjective
    Middle English certeyn, certayne, borrowed from Anglo-French certein, certain, going back to Vulgar Latin *certānus, from Latin certus "fixed, settled, indisputable," originally past participle of cernere "to sift, discern, decide, determine" (going back to an Indo-European present stem *kri-n-, verbal adjective *kri-to-, from a verbal base *krei̯̯̯(h1)- "sift, separate," whence Greek krī́nein "to separate, choose, decide," verbal adjective kritós, Welsh gogrynu "to sift") + -ānus + -an entry 2
    Pronoun
    Middle English certyn, derivative of certeyn certain entry 1
    certain
    adjective

    Synonyms & Antonyms

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