Sure
[ʃɔː;ʃʊə] or [ʃʊr]
Definition
(adj.) physically secure or dependable; 'a sure footing'; 'was on sure ground' .
(adj.) certain not to fail; 'a sure hand on the throttle' .
(adj.) infallible or unfailing; 'a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment' .
(adj.) (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; 'a sure (or trusted) friend' .
Checked by Hugo--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
(superl.) Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
(superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
(superl.) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
(superl.) Free from danger; safe; secure.
(adv.) In a sure manner; safely; certainly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Certain, confident, positive, assured, fully convinced.[2]. Safe, secure, stable, firm, steady, trustworthy.[3]. Infallible, unfailing, never-failing.
ad. Certainly, SURELY.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Certain, secure, safe, assured, unmistakable, stable, firm, knowing, believing,confident, trusting, unquestioning, positive, unfailing, strong, permanent,abiding, enduring, infallible, indisputable, fast
ANT:Uncertain, ignorant, dubious, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, questioning,vacillating, weak, untrustworthy, precarious, insecure, impermanent, transient,evanescent, fallible, disputable, loose
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Definition
adj. secure: fit to be depended on; certain: strong: confident beyond doubt.—advs. Sure Surely firmly safely: certainly assuredly.—adj. Sure′footed walking firmly or securely: not liable to stumble.—adv. Surefoot′edly.—ns. Surefoot′edness; Sure′ness.—Sure enough certainly.—Be sure be certain see to it; Have a sure thing (slang) to have a certainty; Make sure to make certain; To be sure without doubt.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- The water pumps were at work again, and I am not sure that the soft-hearted Captain's eyes did not also twinkle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I have no such scruples, and I am sure I could put up with every unpleasantness of that kind with very little effort. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You shall be sure of me, darling, he said, folding her in his arms. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If one leads you wrong, I am sure the other tells you of it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And now uncle is abroad, you and Mr. Garth can have it all your own way; and I am sure James does everything you tell him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You will set things going in a better way, I am sure. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am sure Uriah held his. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is the work of that fellow they call Snipes, I am sure, said Jane. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- So, as I told you, the son found our neighbourhood the surest place he could choose to set things right secretly in his own interests. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A letter addressed to Pesca represented the surest measure of precaution which it was now possible for me to take. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not at all, was her answer; but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask nothing about it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You know the surest path to the heart of each swain, I doubt not, said Moore quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the surest way to stop writing about Rome is to stop. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She had the surest information that of late he had, when the fit was on him, made use of an opium den in the farthest east of the City. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It therefore now occurred to me that the surest way of learning the exact attitude of this beast toward me would be to attempt to leave the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Riviere perplexedly, wondering how to tell him that his very superiorities and advantages would be the surest hindrance to success. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The simplest and surest of all proofs, the proof by comparison of dates, is, as I understand, altogether out of your reach. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am not the surest messenger of compliments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As I left the piano Miss Fairlie turned a page of the music, and touched the keys again with a surer hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Your money would have held out for that, and there would have been a surer ladder before you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I'm not sure--but I'm a good deal surer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- If I were dead, that could not be surer than it is henceforth. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He knew that chemistry afforded a surer, but slower, procedure; his was a practical, intuitive, field method. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sometimes it is some surer and subtler means. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- No, Jane, he returned: what necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer--the Future so much brighter? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All the surer, I suppose,' said Mr. Bounderby, 'for your refusing to tell where he is? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He was surer of himself now than when I had gone away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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