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  • 71certain — [13] Certain comes ultimately from Latin certus ‘sure, fixed’, which derived from the past participle of the verb cernere ‘decide’. The Latin adjective was extended in Vulgar Latin to *certānus, which passed into English via Old French certain.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 72certain event — būtinasis įvykis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. certain event vok. sicheres Ereignis, n rus. достоверное событие, n pranc. événement certain, m …

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  • 73certain — [13] Certain comes ultimately from Latin certus ‘sure, fixed’, which derived from the past participle of the verb cernere ‘decide’. The Latin adjective was extended in Vulgar Latin to *certānus, which passed into English via Old French certain.… …

    Word origins

  • 74certain — See: FOR SURE or FOR CERTAIN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 75certain — See: FOR SURE or FOR CERTAIN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 76Certain — Certitude Voir « certitude » sur le Wiktionnaire …

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  • 77certain — adjective /sɜːtn,sɝtn,sɝʔn̩,ˈsɝtən,ˈsɝt̚n̩/ Sure, positive, not doubting. I was certain of my decision. Syn: sure Ant: uncertain See Also: certainty …

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  • 78Certain Mutinous Crews Act 1797 — The Certain Mutinous Crews Act 1797 (37 Geo. III, c. 71) was an Act passed by the British Parliament. The Act was passed in the aftermath of the Spithead and Nore mutinies and declared that those mutineers who refused to surrender were rebels and …

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  • 79certain — See certain, certainly, sure, surely …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 80certain — Synonyms and related words: a, a certain, absolute, accurate, actual, adducible, admissible, agape, agog, all agog, an, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, any, any one, apodictic, ascertained, assured, atomic, attestative,… …

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