CERTAIN

[`sɜːtn]

точный, определенный

некий, определенного рода (вида, количества, степени)

уверенный, убежденный

верный, известный, проверенный, надежный; бесспорный

нечто верное, несомненное; факт

нечто верное, несомненное; факт

1. определённый, неизменный, постоянный

2. некоторый, определённый; известный

3. predic уверенный; убеждённый

4.один, некий

5. 1) верный, надёжный; несомненный

2) бесспорный; неизбежный

6. редк. уверенный; верный, точный; безошибочный

7. арх. эвф. известного рода

certain: translation

▪ be, feel, look, seem

▪

Digby looked certain to be the next president.

▪ become, grow

▪

I grew more and more certain that she was lying to me.

▪ make

▪

Make certain that you lock the door if you go out.

▪ very

▪ absolutely, quite

▪ by no means

▪

It's by no means certain that she'll get the job.

▪ almost, virtually

▪ fairly, pretty, reasonably

▪ about, of

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Are you quite certain about this?

▪ can't say for certain

▪

I think she's a teacher, but I couldn't say for certain.

▪ not know for certain

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I don't know for certain how many people are coming.

Certain is used with these nouns: ↑ambiguity, ↑amount, ↑aspect, ↑circumstance, ↑context, ↑death, ↑degree, ↑disaster, ↑distance, ↑doom, ↑exception, ↑fascination, ↑fondness, ↑individual, ↑instance, ↑kind, ↑mystery, ↑number, ↑proportion, ↑relief, ↑requirement, ↑reservation, ↑respect, ↑sense, ↑similarity, ↑standard, ↑style, ↑type, ↑unease

certain: translation

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