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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Bound to happen: inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable. See CERTAIN. 2. Established beyond a doubt: hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, positive, sure, unassailable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable. See CERTAIN, TRUE. 3. Known positively: definite, positive, sure. Idioms: for certain. See CERTAIN. 4. In a definite and final form; not likely to change: firm1, fixed, flat, set1. See CHANGE. 5. Having no doubt: assured, confident, positive, sure, undoubting. See CERTAIN. 6. Such as could not possibly fail or disappoint: infallible, secure, sure, unerring, unfailing. Informal : sure-fire. See CERTAIN.
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