Certain

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.

   “I was certain of my decision.”

2. sıfat Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

   “Now that more experiments have been run, the theory is certain and the argument is settled.”

3. sıfat Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.

   “It is certain that Spain will reach the finals. / Spain is now certain to reach the finals. / Spain is now certain of a place in the finals.”

4. sıfat Unfailing; infallible.

   “I have often wished, that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease”

5. sıfat Fixed; regular; determinate.

   “at certain intervals”

6. sıfat Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.

   “Every wine has a certain distinctive character which sets it apart from all others.”

7. sıfat Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.

   “I would have been here on time, but a certain someone lost the car keys!”

8. sıfat Named but not previously mentioned.

   “Looking inside the cover, they learned that the book had once belonged to a certain R. Jones.”

9. sıfat Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.

   “Since the last British government to make such a proposal was that of a certain Margaret Thatcher, it might not seem unreasonable.”

10. sıfat Determined; resolved.

    “However I with thee have fixt my Lot, Certain to undergoe like doom[…]”

11. belirteç Having been determined but not specified.

    “Certain people are good at running.”

12. zamir Unnamed or undescribed members (of).

    “She mentioned a series of contracts, of which certain are not cited.”

13. özel isim A surname.