meaning of certain
1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
5. Unfailing; infallible.
6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
8. Certainty.
9. A certain number or quantity.
10. Certainly.
11. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the
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