sure
/ʃʊɹ/ adjective A1- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable. · This investment is a sure thing.· The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief. · Are you sure to succeed, as polls say? —Well, I am at least certain of making it to the podium this time.· He was sure of being a finalist.
- Certain to act or be a specified way. · Be sure to lock the door when you leave.
- Certain to obtain something. · Many people book early in order to be sure of the best seats.
Comparative surer · Superlative surest
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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