For Sure

  

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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

Synonyms: certainly (adv), for certain (adv), sure (adv), sure as shooting (adv), sure enough (adv), surely (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: For Sure

Specialty definitions using "for sure": Fa ShizzleThis time, for sure!undeveloped proven reserve. (references)

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Modern Usage: For Sure

DomainUsage

Screenplays

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)

Lyrics

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)

Movie/TV Titles

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)

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

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Commercial Usage: For Sure

DomainTitle

Books

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

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: For Sure

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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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: For Sure

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: For Sure

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Fred Thompson

I'm not going to endorse anyone. I have the greatest respect for Lamar. I have worked with Ed Bryant, and I have respect for Ed for sure.

Liza Minnelli

Well, we're going to have to ask David that. I know that I'm going to be playing New York for sure. And I'd love to get out near you. I mean, I love Georgia.

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

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Speeches: For Sure

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001But we do know for sure that we can choose what we do.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: For Sure

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

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: For Sure

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mature for sure

19

computer for sure

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: For Sure

Language Translations for "for sure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: For Sure

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ferrous, furores.

Words within the letters "e-f-o-r-r-s-u"

-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.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-o-r-r-s-u"
 

+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.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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