Explore Certain through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sure or uncertain. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Certain meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Certain
Certain vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Certain
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: sure, uncertain, definite, foreordained.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zeker, bepaald.
- In the example corpus, certain often appears in combinations such as: in certain, of certain, and certain.
Example sentences (20)
I felt a charge to challenge the idea that certain kinds of expression and/or certain kinds of people didn’t belong in certain places.
Obviously in the beginning he wasn’t as strict about it, but he was concerned about developing the integrity of a certain character and a certain emotion around the character, the certain story around that.
That gives me a certain walk, a certain feeling, a certain kind of breathing.
But I’ve also heard young men who wholeheartedly embrace gender equality and despise the likes of Andrew Tate say they think liberals are telling them that they should act in a certain way, look a certain way and be a certain way.
This announcement comes under Item 5.02 of the 8-K filing, which pertains to the Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; and Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
For certain workers in certain industries in certain locations, life again seems somewhat normal.
I always watch games where I can steal a move, wonder why a certain guy can get to the free-throw line a certain amount of times or get a certain shot off, or whatever it may be.
Anisotropic etching can also refer to certain chemical etchants used to etch a certain material preferentially over certain crystallographic planes (e.
By significant constitutional attributes Certain major characteristics are defining of certain types; others are historically associated with certain types of government.
However, time and again Soviet and later East German authorities imposed temporary restrictions for certain persons, certain routes, and certain means of transport.
Non-white South Africans were also prevented from accessing certain public areas, using certain public transportation and were required to live only in certain designated areas.
The case as tried was decided on whether Aaron Burr was present at certain events at certain times and in certain capacities.
These constraints include limits on certain contracting practices, mandated disclosure of certain software program interfaces and protocols, and rights for computer manufacturers to limit the visibility of certain Windows features in new PCs.
We did by agreements, divers of us, meet weekly in London on a certain day and hour, under a certain penalty, and a weekly contribution for the charge of experiments, with certain rules agreed amongst us, to treat and discourse of such affairs..
Within speech pathology the term vocal register has three constituent elements: a certain vibratory pattern of the vocal folds, a certain series of pitches, and a certain type of sound.
Yesterday they might have introduced a certain number of dioceses, a certain way to lead missions, to educate priests, they might have chosen to follow certain cultural trends.
And on the state side, while the magnitude of certain rate increases is not exactly what we had hoped for in certain areas, it is still moving in the right direction.
As to why it seems like we skip certain saints’ feasts in certain years, this has to do with their feast day falling on a Sunday.
Certain early Tesla models (X and S) of certain years come with unlimited free supercharging for the life of the car.
Dolby Atmos is a sound technology that mimics surround sound be being able to place certain sounds in certain areas.
Common combinations with certain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in certain 44×
- of certain 29×
- and certain 19×
- for certain 18×
- to certain 18×
- certain way 16×
- certain amount 13×
- on certain 12×
- at certain 11×
- certain things 11×