1. Fixed or established especially by order or command;); SYN. decreed, ordained, prescribed.
2. Provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind).
3. Selected for a job.
ETYM French certain, from Late Lat. certanus, from Latin certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine.
1. Established beyond doubt or question; definitely known.
2. Definite but not specified or identified.
3. Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; SYN. sure.
4. Certain to occur; destined or inevitable; SYN. sure.
5. Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; SYN. sure.
6. Capable of being depended on; SYN. sure.
1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident.
2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; SYN. Decided, Decisive.
1. Clearly characterized or delimited.
2. Clearly defined; SYN. formed, settled.
3. Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; SYN. outlined.
ETYM Latin definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. French défini. Related to Define.
1. Known for certain.
2. Precise; explicit and clearly defined.
1. Characterized by great determination.
2. Determined or decided upon as by an authority; SYN. dictated, set.
3. Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.
4. Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation.
1. Having a fixed and unchanging value (of a number).
2. Directed with intense concentration; SYN. intent.
3. Fixed and unmoving; SYN. set, rigid.
4. Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.; SYN. frozen.
5. Securely placed or fastened or set.
6. Specified in advance; SYN. given.
1. Future; betrothed
2. Intentional or planned
Invested with ministerial or priestly functions.
Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
Without question and beyond doubt; SYN. unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, by all odds.
In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Conclusively, decisively, finally, absolutely
Definitively, decisively
In a fixed manner.
(French) “with sure stroke”; certainly.
Definitely or positively; ('sure' is used informally for 'surely' as in;); SYN. certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting.