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Princeton's WordNet

  1. surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shootingadverb

    definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

    "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

Wiktionary

  1. for certaininterjection

    definitely, positively, without doubt

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  1. for certain

    "For certain" is an expression or phrase used to indicate that something is definitively or absolutely true, precise, or confirmed without any doubt. It is often used to emphasize affirmation, surety, or validity of a fact, statement, or outcome.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of for certain in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of for certain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of for certain in a Sentence

  1. David Payne:

    The year of the outside candidate is a neat, tidy package put out by the media to a certain extent, but it’s only part of the story. Look at all of the insiders who are picking up 60 percent of the vote.

  2. Chetan Dube:

    If Amelia is to become the most faithful service agent, she also needs to be able to respond to man’s need to communicate with somebody who can understand emotions—not just a robotic ‘Press 1 for this’ and ‘Press 7 for that,’ amelia’s emotional quotient is modeled in a three-dimensional space: pleasure, arousal, dominance—the PAD modeling system. We are in trials with a telco company, and there is a certain demeanor that Amelia is required to have if your contract is coming up for renewal. Her emotional reaction to you is supposed to be very different based on where you are in the contract or your level of angst with the service.

  3. One Trump adviser:

    In the last month, people have been telling him it may be smart to announce in October because we will be pretty certain by then whether Republicans are going to take over both chambers and he will become more of a topic related to the midterms and how he helped make that happen.

  4. Nancy Crampton-Brophy:

    Nancy Brophy and Dan Brophy had an unusually healthy and vibrant and marriage, right up until the very end, after you've heard all the evidence in this case we are certain that you will understand that Nancy Brophy did not kill her husband.

  5. Justice Breyer:

    I think it's important that when people say there is the government, they be able to see the judges, too, because the judges are here, our court and others, to try to make certain that groups who are unpopular are protected when that document calls for their protection, that's a special thing we do and it's important.

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