sure
/ʃʊɹ/ interjection C2- Yes; of course. · "Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."
- Yes; I guess; you could say that; a weak or noncommittal positive response. · "Do you like cats?" "Sure."· "Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."
- You're welcome; polite response to being thanked. · "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“For,” he said to himself, “if it is the head, I am sure I shall not be given a heart, since a head has no heart of its own and therefore cannot feel for me.
“Yes, to be sure I am.
“I am sure _I_ know none so handsome; but in the gallery upstairs you will see a finer, larger picture of him than this.
Elizabeth could not help saying, “It is very much to his credit, I am sure, that you should think so.”
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