CERTAIN


Meaning of CERTAIN in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

Digby looked ~ to be the next president.

▪ become , grow

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

▪ make

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

ADVERB

▪ very

▪ absolutely , quite

▪ by no means

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

▪ almost , virtually

▪ fairly , pretty , reasonably

PREPOSITION

▪ about , of

Are you quite ~ about this?

PHRASES

▪ can't say for ~

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

▪ not know for ~

I don't know for ~ 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

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