sure

Definition

Examples

Please make sure that all the doors are locked before leaving.

Word Family

Synonyms

• certainknown for sure; established beyond doubt
• confidenthaving or marked by confidence or assurance
• convincedmake (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

Collocations

• Easy are you sure
  to are you sure, meaning to have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Medium make sure to lock the filing cabinet
  to create, produce, or cause regarding sure to lock the filing cabinet
• Hard sure sign of an overheating economy
  describing sure sign of an overheating economy (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured)
• Very Hard slow and sure steps toward institutional reform
  to slow and sure steps toward institutional reform, meaning to lose velocity; move more slowly