sure

ʃɔː

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#1·5h ago

(followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.

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#2·5h ago

Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

This investment is a sure thing.

Origin: From , seur, sur, from or , from , from apart + care (compare , from without + care). See cure. and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker. Displaced native (from ), as well as (from ) with which it was cognate. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·5h ago

Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.

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