Sure

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  • adjective. Confident, as of something awaited or expected.
  • adjective. Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Bound to come about or happen; inevitable.
  • adjective. Having one's course directed; destined or bound.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Certain not to miss, slip, or err; steady.
  • adjective. Not hesitating or wavering; firm.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Worthy of being trusted or depended on; reliable.
  • adjective. Free from or marked by freedom from doubt.
  • adjective. Careful to do something.
  • adjective. Free from harm or danger; safe.
  • adverb. Surely; certainly.
  • idiom. (for sure) Certainly; unquestionably.
  • idiom. (make sure) To establish something without doubt; make certain.
  • idiom. (sure enough) As one might have expected; certainly.
  • idiom. (to be sure) Indeed; certainly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Certainly; without doubt; doubtless; surely.
  • Firmly; securely.
  • Confident; undoubting; having no fear of being deceived or disappointed.
  • Certain of one's facts, position, or the like; fully persuaded; positive.
  • Certain to find or retain: with of: as, to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
  • Fit or worthy to be depended on; capable of producing a desired effect or of fulfilling requisite conditions; certain not to disappoint expectation; not liable to failure, loss, or change; unfailing; firm; stable; steady; secure; infallible.
  • Certain to be or happen; certain.
  • Undoubted; genuine; true.
  • Out of danger; secure; safe.
  • Engaged to marry; betrothed.
  • See to be sure, below.
  • To make fast by betrothal; betroth.
  • Synonyms and Certain, Positive, etc. See confident.
  • To assure; make certain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a sure manner; safely; certainly.
  • adjective. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
  • adjective. Certain to find or retain.
  • adjective. Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
  • adjective. Betrothed; engaged to marry.
  • adjective. Free from danger; safe; secure.
  • adjective. certainly; without doubt; as, Shall you do? To be sure I shall.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. To betroth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
  • adjective. Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
  • adjective. Certain to act or be a specified way.
  • adverb. Without doubt.
  • interjection. this sense) Yes, of course.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
  • adjective. infallible or unfailing
  • adjective. reliable in operation or effect
  • adjective. physically secure or dependable
  • Word Usage
    "I'm not sure that the two gents, hot as they are, qualify as "younger" but it seems the "hipster" part is covered by the Loverboy t-shirt, worn, I'm *sure*, in a "Hahahaha, they're so bad, they're good" kind of ironic way."
    Equivalent
    Form
    for sure  sure up  surely  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baldur  Bloor  Moor  Moore  Muir  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ancient  both  cake  certain  clear  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    OK  OK  Roger  abiding  absolute