How to pronounce “certain”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
• Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
• Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.
• Unfailing; infallible.
• Fixed; regular; determinate.
• Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.
• (euphemistic, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.
• (preceded by "a", of a person) Named but not previously mentioned.
• (preceded by "a", of a person) Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.
• (obsolete) Determined; resolved.

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