Certain

Definition of certain:

part of speech: adjective

Sure: fixed: regular: some: one.

part of speech: adjective

Sure; fixed; regular; some.

part of speech: adjective

CERTAINTY, CERTITUDE.

part of speech: adverb

Certainly.

part of speech: adjective

Sure; fixed or stated; dependable; indefinite, but known to the speaker; as, a certain city.

Usage examples for certain:

• He said, 'I don't suppose you'd like to have that Certain Person's horse again, would you? "Tom of the Raiders", Austin Bishop.

• But it is by no means certain that he was. "The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon", Alexander Maclaren.

• I have thought about this, and I am certain Youssef did not get the cat. "The Egyptian Cat Mystery", Harold Leland Goodwin.

• Because I do not wish to marry; because I am certain that I could not make him happy. "Ellen Middleton--A Tale", Georgiana Fullerton.