certain

  • (noun): (with "the") Something certain.
  • (adjective): Sure, positive, not doubting.
  • (adjective): Determined; resolved.
  • (adjective): Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  • (adjective): Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  • (adjective): Unfailing; infallible.
  • (adjective): I have often wished , that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease
  • (adjective): Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
  • (adjective): Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
  • (pronoun): (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
  • I was certain of my decision.
  • Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.
  • There were serious objections to certain of the proposals.