For Sure

Definition: For Sure

For Sure

Adjective

1. Not open to doubt; "she wanted to go; that was for sure".

Adverb

1. Definitely or positively; "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; (`sure' is used informally for `surely' as in "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come").

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: For Sure

Crosswords: For Sure

There are things you know for sure. (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

That's for sure. (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird)

We will be caught for sure. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the mail, that's for sure. I'm in the junky limbo at the moment (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

Yes sir, we're next month's garage sale fodder for sure. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

And that's for sure (Ready Or Not; performing artist: After 7)

For sure (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

It hurts so bad, for sure (I Wish; performing artist: Carl Thomas)

I am no hero, oh that’s for sure (Where Are You Going; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

Knowing you can always count on me for sure ("That's What Friends Are For"; performing artist: Dionne Warwick & Friends)

Tonight for Sure (1961)

Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure (1953)

Know for Sure (1941)

2 or 3 Things But Nothing for Sure (1996)

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Books

• Grounds for Living: Sound Teaching for Sure Footing in Growth and Grace (reference)

  (more book examples)

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"Don't listen to rumors about AIDS. get the facts!" Patti LaBelle. : know for sure how you can get it, & how you can't. / American Red Cross [and] Public Health Service, [U.S. DHHS]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

This time I'll cook my goose for sure. Credit: Library of Congress.

Know for sure, get a blood test for syphilis / Karsakov. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

No one knows for sure how H. pylori spreads, so prevention is difficult. (references)

It is not known for sure how many people suffer from these symptoms, but Raynaud's is a common problem. (references)

Your doctor will examine your child's ear. The doctor can tell you for sure if your child has an ear infection. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "for sure": that's for sure. Additional references.

Chinese 

說不定 (can't say for sure, maybe). (various references)

Finnish

en voi varmasti sanoa (I cannot say for sure). (various references)

French

ça ne fait aucun doute. (various references)

German

todsicher (dead certain, dead sure, sure fire), ganz bestimmt (specific). (various references)

Greek 

στα σίγουρα. (various references)

Hebrew 

על בטוח. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"き使う (fussy, i.e., make a big deal out of nothing, move stealthily, slime mold, sneakily, that is, to distort, to force, to strain, to work someone hard). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"そ . (various references)

Pig Latin

orfay uresay.(various references)

Russian 

обязательно (a must, necessarily, of necessity, without fail). (various references)

Spanish

eso es seguro (that's for sure). (various references)

Welsh

siw+r o fod (that's for sure). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ferrous, furores.

-1 letter: furore, furors, rouser, sourer, surfer.

-2 letters: euros, fores, fours, froes, frore, furor, roues, rouse, ruers, sorer, surer.

-3 letters: eros, errs, euro, feus, foes, fore, four, froe, furs, fuse, ores, ours, refs, roes, rose, roue, ruer, rues, ruse, serf, sore, sour, suer, sure, surf, user.

-4 letters: efs, err, ers, fer, feu, foe, for, fou, fro.

+1 letter: ferreous, fervours, foreruns.

+2 letters: favourers, fourscore, frondeurs, frotteurs, furrowers, overruffs.

+3 letters: auriferous, bodysurfer, carrefours, flourisher, fluorescer, forecourts, foursquare, frugivores, nonferrous, remorseful.

+4 letters: bodysurfers, crossruffed, cruciferous, cupriferous, dropperfuls, droppersful, ferriferous, ferruginous, floriferous, flourishers, fluorescers, foreclosure, foregrounds, forerunners, forfeitures, formularies, fourrageres, fourteeners, furthermost, odoriferous, outperforms, resourceful, rustproofed, superprofit, surfboarded, surfboarder, undercrofts.

+5 letters: counterfires, fluorimeters, fluorometers, foreclosures, forequarters, formularizes, fourdriniers, frontrunners, neurofibrils, postfracture, reconfigures, reformulates, remorsefully, soporiferous, sudoriferous, superprofits, surfboarders, unremorseful, viruliferous.