for certain
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
the results are surely encouraging
Related & opposite
- certainp derived from
- sure derived from
- colloquialism domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | certainp |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | sure |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |