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Definition certain

Etymology

From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *cert?nus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past participle of cernere (“to separate, perceive, decide”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English, ?ewiss (“certain, sure”) and alternative Middle English spelling sertane (“some, certain”)

Adjective

certain (comparative more certain, superlative most certain)

  1. Sure, positive, not doubting.
  2. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
  3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  5. Unfailing; infallible.
  6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
  7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".

Determiner

certain

  1. Having been determined but not specified. 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.

Pronoun

certain

  1. (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).

Noun

certain pl (plural only)

  1. (with "the") Something certain.

Results 434 Words with the letters CERTAIN

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ACNE 8
ACRE 7
AIRN 5
AIRT 4
ANTE 5
ANTI 5
CAIN 8
CANE 8
CANT 8
CARE 7
CARN 8
CART 7
CATE 7
CENT 8
CINE 8
CIRE 7
CITE 7
EARN 5
ETIC 7
ETNA 5
ITER 4
NARC 8
NEAR 5
NEAT 5
NICE 8
NITE 5
RACE 7
RAIN 5
RANI 5
RANT 5
RATE 4
REIN 5
RENT 5
RICE 7
RITE 4
TACE 7
TAIN 5
TARE 4
TARN 5
TEAR 4
TERN 5
TIER 4
TINE 5
TIRE 4
3 letter words with the letters CERTAIN 
ACE 6
ACT 6
AIN 4
AIR 3
AIT 3
ANE 4
ANI 4
ANT 4
ARC 6
ARE 3
ART 3
ATE 3
CAN 7
CAR 6
CAT 6
EAR 3
EAT 3
ERA 3
ERN 4
ETA 3
ICE 6
IRE 3
NAE 4
NET 4
NIT 4
RAI 3
RAN 4
RAT 3
REC 6
REI 3
RET 3
RIA 3
RIN 4
TAE 3
TAN 4
TAR 3
TEA 3
TEN 4
TIC 6
TIE 3
TIN 4
2 letter words with the letters CERTAIN 
AE 2
AI 2
AN 3
AR 2
AT 2
EN 3
ER 2
ET 2
IN 3
IT 2
NA 3
NE 3
RE 2
TA 2
TI 2

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