English Dictionary

certain

/ˈsɜːtn̩/

adj

Sure, positive, not doubting. / (obsolete) Determined; resolved. / Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. / Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. / Unfailing; infallible.

I am certain that I locked the door before leaving.

意味（1）

Sure, positive, not doubting.

I was certain of my decision.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Determined; resolved.

However I with thee have fixt my Lot,

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

意味（3）

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

[…]the dreame is certaine, and the interpretation thereof ſure.

意味（4）

Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.

意味（5）

Unfailing; infallible.

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

意味（6）

Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

Then ſaid the Lord vnto Moſes, Behold, I will raine bread from heauen for you: and the people ſhall goe out, and gather a certaine rate euery day, that I may proue them, whether they will walke in my Law, or no.

意味（7）

Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".

And it came to paſſe, when he was in a certaine citie[…]