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Sure   /ʃʊr/   Listen
Sure

adjective
(compar. surer; superl. surest)
1.
Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured.  Synonym: certain.  "Was sure (or certain) she had seen it" , "Was very sure in his beliefs" , "Sure of her friends"
2.
Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance.  Synonym: certain.  "Be sure to lock the doors"
3.
Certain to occur; destined or inevitable.  Synonym: certain.  "His fate is certain" , "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes" , "He faced certain death" , "Sudden but sure regret" , "He is sure to win"
4.
Physically secure or dependable.  "Was on sure ground"
5.
Reliable in operation or effect.  Synonym: certain.  "A sure way to distinguish the two" , "Wood dust is a sure sign of termites"
6.
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence.  Synonym: trusted.
7.
Infallible or unfailing.
8.
Certain not to fail.
9.
Impossible to doubt or dispute.  Synonym: indisputable.
adverb
1.
Definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely').  Synonyms: certainly, for certain, for sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely.  "She certainly is a hard worker" , "It's going to be a good day for sure" , "They are coming, for certain" , "They thought he had been killed sure enough" , "He'll win sure as shooting" , "They sure smell good" , "Sure he'll come"



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"Sure" Quotes from Famous Books



... be, but, carried out realistically, it would have done away with a raft of bad actors," said Cleopatra. "I'm half sorry it didn't go on, and I'm sure it wouldn't have been any worse than compelling Brutus to fall on his sword until he resembles a chicken liver en brochette, as is done in ...
— The Pursuit of the House-Boat • John Kendrick Bangs
... with Doctor Parent, if it were not merely a very well-acted farce which had been got up beforehand. On looking at her attentively, however, my doubts disappeared. She was trembling with grief, so painful was this step to her, and I was sure that her throat was ...
— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) - Boule de Suif and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant
... quite sure, myself. I'm going to get a field-book,—or First Lessons in Godfathering, or something like that. But, anyway, I'm hers! Oh, Patty, she's going to grow up a beauty! Did you ever see ...
— Patty and Azalea • Carolyn Wells
... so sure Germany is planning war," objected Yerkes, "why on earth not force war, and feed them full of ...
— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy
... there were only two points below Gunnison Crossing in a distance of nearly 600 miles where it was known that the river could be reached, the Crossing of the Fathers and the mouth of the Paria not far below it, we felt sure that those who had been charged with the bringing of supplies to the mouth of the "Dirty Devil" would be able to get there, and as we were to stop for the season at the Paria, we would have time to plan for beyond. In any ...
— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh


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