Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A practically guaranteed outcome.

    It's a dead cert that United will beat City in the cup.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He's a dead cert for the job.

    deEr ist für diese Aufgabe genau der Richtige.

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  2. That's a dead cert.

    deDas ist eine ganz sichere Sache.

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Origin

Clipped compound of dead certainty.

Clipped compound of dead certainty.

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Forms

plural: dead certs
Singulardead cert
Pluraldead certs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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