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sure
exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
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- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- UR
- Scrabble score
- 4
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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adjective
exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
“be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through”
adjective
impossible to doubt or dispute
“indisputable (or sure) proof”
adjective
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
“felt certain of success”
adjective
certain to occur; destined or inevitable
“he was certain to fail”
adjective
reliable in operation or effect
“a quick and certain remedy”
adjective
physically secure or dependable
“a sure footing”
adjective
certain not to fail
“a sure hand on the throttle”
adjective
infallible or unfailing
“a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment”
adjective
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
“a sure (or trusted) friend”
adverb
definitely or positively (‘sure’ is sometimes used informally for ‘surely’)
“the results are surely encouraging”
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Example Sentences
be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
be sure to lock the doors
indisputable (or sure) proof
felt certain of success
was sure (or certain) she had seen it
was very sure in his beliefs
sure of her friends
he was certain to fail
his fate is certain
{'source': 'Benjamin Franklin', 'text': 'In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes'}
he faced certain death
sudden but sure regret
a quick and certain remedy
a sure way to distinguish the two
wood dust is a sure sign of termites
a sure footing
was on sure ground
a sure hand on the throttle
a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment
a sure (or trusted) friend
the results are surely encouraging
she certainly is a hard worker
it's going to be a good day for sure
they are coming, for certain
they thought he had been killed sure enough
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