Meaning

3 senses

  1. Yes; of course.

    "Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."

    sicher

    коне́чноkonéčno

    зві́сноzvísno

  2. Yes; I guess; you could say that; a weak or noncommittal positive response.

    "Do you like cats?" "Sure."

    "Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."

  3. You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.

    "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."

Examples

12116 sentences

  1. Are you sure of your answer?

    Ви впевнені у своїй відповіді? — iskra

    ruТы уверен в своём ответе? — marafon

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  2. It's going to rain, for sure.

    Напевно буде дощ. — ChickenKiev

    ruНаверняка будет дождь. — shanghainese

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  3. I am sure of his victory.

    Я певен у його перемозі. — deniko

    ruЯ уверен в его победе. — marafon

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  4. I'm sure he will come tomorrow.

    Я впевнений, що завтра він прийде. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ уверен, что завтра он придёт. — shanghainese

    deIch bin mir sicher, dass er morgen kommen wird. — xtofu80

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  5. I am sure of her success.

    Я впевнений у її успіху. — deniko

    ruЯ уверен в её успехе. — odexed

    deIch bin mir ihres Erfolges sicher. — wolfgangth

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of course:
Русский
By meaning 1
of course:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of course:

Origin

From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin

From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

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Forms

Synonyms

3 synonyms
noncommittal yes:OKA1yesA1
response to being thanked:of course

Word family

3 related words
RelatedassureB2ensureB1insure

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pretty sure
  • make sure
  • pretty sure that
  • to make sure
  • make sure that
  • not sure that
  • not sure what
  • not exactly sure
  • not sure if
  • is sure that
  • not sure whether
  • wasn't sure what

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
supremesupremelysurchargesurelyB1surfA1surfaceB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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