'Certain' definitions:
Definition of 'certain'
From: WordNet
adjective
Definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones"
adjective
Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure]
adjective
Established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" [ant: uncertain]
adjective
Certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain]
adjective
adjective
Reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure]
adjective
Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure]
Definition of 'Certain'
From: GCIDE
- Certain \Cer"tain\, n.
- 1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Certain'
From: GCIDE
- Certain \Cer"tain\, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Certain'
From: GCIDE
- Certain \Cer"tain\, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. ? to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.]
- 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. [1913 Webster]
- To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I myself am certain of you. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. [1913 Webster]
- The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. --Dan. ii. 45. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. [1913 Webster]
- Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Unfailing; infallible. [1913 Webster]
- I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. --Mead. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. [1913 Webster]
- The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. --Ex. xvi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. [1913 Webster]
- It came to pass when he was in a certain city. --Luke. v. 12. [1913 Webster]
- About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- For certain, assuredly.
- Of a certain, certainly.
- Syn: Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'certain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a,
- a certain,
- absolute,
- accurate,
- actual,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- an,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- any,
- any one,
- apodictic,
- ascertained,
- assured,
- atomic,
- attestative,
- attested,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- awaiting,
- based on,
- believing,
- bound,
- categorically true,
- certified,
- changeless,
- circumstantial,
- clear,
- clear and distinct,
- clear as day,
- cocksure,
- composite,
- conclusive,
- concrete,
- confident,
- confirmable,
- confirmed,
- constant,
- convinced,
- convincing,
- corroborated,
- covered,
- credible,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- decided,
- decisive,
- defined,
- definite,
- demonstrable,
- demonstrated,
- dependable,
- destined,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- determinative,
- determined,
- devout,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divers,
- documentary,
- documented,
- dogmatic,
- doubtless,
- eager,
- effectual,
- either,
- ensured,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- established,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- exceptional,
- exclusive,
- expectant,
- expecting,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- faithful,
- fated,
- fateful,
- fideistic,
- final,
- firm,
- firsthand,
- fixed,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- founded on,
- gaping,
- grounded on,
- guaranteed,
- hearsay,
- historical,
- hopeful,
- implicit,
- impressed with,
- in anticipation,
- in expectation,
- in the cards,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indefeasible,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- indubitable,
- ineluctable,
- ineludible,
- inescapable,
- inevasible,
- inevitable,
- inexorable,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- inner,
- insured,
- integral,
- intimate,
- invariable,
- irreducible,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- irrevocable,
- lone,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- many,
- material,
- measured,
- minute,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- more,
- more than one,
- necessary,
- not in error,
- not singular,
- not surprised,
- noteworthy,
- numerous,
- nuncupative,
- objectively true,
- one,
- optimistic,
- overwhelming,
- particular,
- perfectly sure,
- permanent,
- personal,
- persuaded,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- pistic,
- plausible,
- plural,
- pluralistic,
- plurative,
- positive,
- precise,
- predestined,
- predetermined,
- prepared,
- presumptive,
- private,
- probative,
- provable,
- proved,
- quantified,
- quantitative,
- quantitive,
- quantized,
- ready,
- real,
- relentless,
- reliable,
- resistless,
- respective,
- sanguine,
- satisfied,
- secure,
- secured,
- set,
- settled,
- several,
- significant,
- simple,
- single,
- singular,
- sold on,
- sole,
- solid,
- solipsistic,
- solitary,
- some,
- special,
- specific,
- stable,
- standard,
- stated,
- steady,
- stipulated,
- substantiated,
- suggestive,
- sundry,
- sure,
- sure as death,
- sure as fate,
- sure-enough,
- surefire,
- symptomatic,
- telling,
- traditional,
- true,
- true as gospel,
- trustworthy,
- truthful,
- unalterable,
- unambiguous,
- unanalyzable,
- unavoidable,
- unchanging,
- unconfuted,
- uncontestable,
- uncontrollable,
- undeflectable,
- undeniable,
- undenied,
- under the impression,
- undisputed,
- undivided,
- undoubted,
- undoubtful,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unerring,
- unerroneous,
- unevadable,
- unfailing,
- unfallacious,
- unfalse,
- uniform,
- unique,
- unitary,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- unmistaken,
- unnamed,
- unpreventable,
- unquestionable,
- unquestioned,
- unrefuted,
- unspecified,
- unstoppable,
- unsurprised,
- unyielding,
- valid,
- validated,
- various,
- veracious,
- verifiable,
- verified,
- veritable,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- warranted,
- watching for,
- weighty,
- well-grounded,
- whole,
- written