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  • 21certain — 01. Geoff is [certain] to attend the party. He never misses a chance to drink beer with the gang. 02. She is [certain] to pass. Her marks have been excellent all term. 03. The doctor isn t [certain] if it is necessary to operate at this point. 04 …

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  • 22certain — adj. & pron. adj. 1 a (often foll. by of, or that + clause) confident, convinced (certain that I put it here). b (often foll. by that + clause) indisputable; known for sure (it is certain that he is guilty). 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) a that… …

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  • 23certain — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ Digby looked certain to be the next president. ▪ become, grow ▪ …

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  • 24certain — I UK [ˈsɜː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈsɜrt(ə)n] adjective *** 1) [never before noun] having no doubts that something is true I m not absolutely certain, but I think I m right. certain (that): You can be pretty certain she s not going to like it. certain who …

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  • 25certain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. some; specified. See quantity, speciality, certainty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Confident] Syn. assured, sure, positive, questionless, satisfied, self confident, undoubting, unwavering, believing,… …

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  • 26certain — [ sə:t(ə)n, tɪn] adjective 1》 able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case. 2》 completely convinced of something. 3》 specific but not explicitly named or stated: certain problems.     ↘not known to the reader or hearer: a certain Mr Percy …

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  • 27make sure of — 1. Secure, make certain. 2. Consider as certain …

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  • 28Certain General — Certain General, 2008 Background information Origin New York, New York, United States Genres Post punk …

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  • 29Make Compatible — is a program developed by Microsoft that is included with Windows 9x operating systems. It changes per program system settings in Windows to allow Windows 3.1 programs that are tailored specifically to that platform to execute under newer… …

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  • 30Certain — Cer tain, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. ? to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.] …

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