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- DictionarySure/SHo͝or/
adjective
- 1. confident in what one thinks or knows; having no doubt that one is right: "I'm sure I've seen that dress before"
adverb
- 1. certainly (used for emphasis): informal North American "Texas sure was a great place to grow up"
1. a. : marked by or given to feelings of confident certainty. I'm sure I'm right. b. : characterized by a lack of wavering or hesitation. sure brush strokes. a sure hand. 2. : admitting of no doubt : indisputable. spoke from sure knowledge. 3. a. : bound, destined. is sure to win. b.
SURE definition: 1. certain; without any doubt: 2. certain or certainly: 3. to be very or too confident: . Learn more.
adjective. certain to occur; destined or inevitable. “sudden but sure regret”. “he is sure to win”. synonyms: certain. bound, destined. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate. doomed, fated. (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate.
to look and/or take action to be certain that something happens, is true, etc.: Make sure you lock the door when you go out. See more. If you have a sure knowledge or understanding of something, you know or understand it very well: I don't think he has a very sure understanding of the situation.
Sure definition: free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something. See examples of SURE used in a sentence.
sure. If you are sure that something is true, you are certain that it is true. If you are not sure about something, you do not know for certain what the true situation is. He'd never been in a class before and he was not even sure that he should have been teaching.
Definition of sure adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to be confident of your own abilities, qualities, etc: She's always been very sure of herself. be sure to do sth. If you are sure to do something, it is certain that you will do it: He's sure to go back there again.
sure [not before noun] without any doubt that you are right, that something is true, that you will get something, or that something will happen: I'm not sure whether John is coming or not. Are you sure about that?
used to say that something happened as expected. I said he'd forget, and sure enough he did. ‘Stop,’ she said, ‘I can hear something.’. Sure enough, in the distance we could hear the sound of a car approaching. See sure in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
