ALL meanings of certain
cer·tain
C c - adjective certain If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it. 3
- adjective certain If you say that something is certain to happen, you mean that it will definitely happen. 3
- adjective certain If you say that something is certain, you firmly believe that it is true, or have definite knowledge about it. 3
- graded adjective certain If you have certain knowledge, you know that a particular thing is true. 3
- adjective certain You use certain to indicate that you are referring to one particular thing, person, or group, although you are not saying exactly which it is. 3
- quantifier certain When you refer to certain of a group of people or things, you are referring to some particular members of that group. 3
- adjective certain You can use a certain before the name of a person in order to indicate that you do not know the person or anything else about them. 3
- adjective certain You use a certain to indicate that something such as a quality or condition exists, and often to suggest that it is not great in amount or degree. 3
- adjective certain positive and confident about the truth of something; convinced 3
- adjective certain definitely known 3
- adjective certain sure; bound; destined 3
- adjective certain decided or settled upon; fixed 3
- adjective certain unfailing; reliable 3
- adjective certain moderate or minimum 3
- determiner certain known but not specified or named 3
- determiner certain (as pronoun; functioning as plural) 3
- determiner certain named but not known 3
- adjective certain fixed, settled, or determined 3
- adjective certain sure (to happen, etc.); inevitable 3
- adjective certain not to be doubted; unquestionable 3
- adjective certain not failing; reliable; dependable 3
- adjective certain controlled; unerring 3
- adjective certain without any doubt; assured; sure; positive 3
- adjective certain not named or described, though definite and perhaps known 3
- adjective certain some, but not very much; appreciable 3
- pronoun certain a certain indefinite number; certain ones (of) 3
- adjective certain free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come. 1
- adjective certain destined; sure to happen (usually followed by an infinitive): He is certain to be there. 1
- adjective certain inevitable; bound to come: They realized then that war was certain. 1
- adjective certain established as true or sure; unquestionable; indisputable: It is certain that he tried. 1
- adjective certain fixed; agreed upon; settled: on a certain day; for a certain amount. 1
- adjective certain definite or particular, but not named or specified: A certain person phoned. He had a certain charm. 1
- adjective certain that may be depended on; trustworthy; unfailing; reliable: His aim was certain. 1
- adjective certain some though not much: a certain reluctance. 1
- adjective certain Obsolete. steadfast. 1
- idioms certain for certain, without a doubt; surely: I know for certain that I have seen that face before. 1
- noun certain Known for sure; established beyond doubt. 1
- adjective certain indisputable 1
- adjective certain sure, confident 1
- adjective certain inevitable 1
- adjective certain some 1
- adjective certain specific 1
- adjective certain Sure, positive, not doubting. 0
- adjective certain (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Determined; resolved. 0
- adjective certain Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. 0
- adjective certain Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. 0
- adjective certain Unfailing; infallible. 0
- adjective certain Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. 0
- adjective certain Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one". 0
- determiner certain Having been determined but unspecified. The quality of some particular subject or object which is known by the speaker to have been specifically singled out among similar entities of its class. 0