To Be Sure

Definition: To Be Sure

To Be Sure

Adverb

1. Admittedly; "to be sure, he is no Einstein".

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Synonyms: To Be Sure

Assent

Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.

Certainty

Adverb: certainly; Adjective: for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth; (truly); at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute, coute qu'il coute; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine.

Crosswords: To Be Sure

That's the only way to be sure. (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler)

I have to be sure. (Halloween II; writing credit: John Carpenter; Debra Hill)

But you needed it, so that's why I followed you. I had to be sure you reached the talisman (Red Sonja; writing credit: Robert E. Howard; Clive Exton)

Why, straight ahead to be sure. (Waterloo; writing credit: Sergei Bondarchuk; Vittorio Bonicelli)

But she wants to be sure ("Stairway to Heaven"; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure (Stairway to heaven; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

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You must have heard every thing to be sure.

He bowed his head and reflected, like a hound who put his nose to the ground to be sure of the way.

Then Brother Michael was going away and the fellow out of third of grammar told him to be sure and come back and tell him all the news in the paper.

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Health

It is hard to be sure, and experts disagree on this point. (references)

They are checked constantly to be sure they're working right. (references)

Your urine will be tested regularly to be sure that no bacteria are present. (references)

Economic History

Austria

Austria is a delightful place, to be sure, but it can be just as delightful for doing hardheaded, serious business. (references)

Thailand

Investing and doing business here present challenges, to be sure, but the government appreciates the need for foreign investment. (references)

Worker Rights

Suriname

Brothel owners often attempt to hold airline tickets for women whom they have paid to bring to the country, to be sure that the women complete their contracts. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "to be sure": not to be sure. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

разбира се (absolutely, admittedly, assuredly, certainly, definitely, naturally, necessarily, needless to say, of course, rather, sure, sure enough, you bet), непременно (absolutely, by all means, certainly, definitely, indispensably, necessarily, needs, surely, without fail). (various references)

Chinese 

肯定 (affirmative, certain, definite, sure, to affirm, to be certain, to confirm). (various references)

Finnish

varmasti (certainly, definitely, surely). (various references)

German

zwar (although, certainly, indeed, namely, rather, surely, though, true, viz.), wohl (accordingly, arguably, certainly, consequently, indeed, maybe, mayhap, no doubt, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably, rather, so, surely, then, therefore, weal, welfare, well, well being, well-being), sicher sein (to feel certain), selbstverständlich (as a matter of course, natural, obvious, of course, self evident, self-evident). (various references)

Hungarian

természetesen (certainly, certes, naturally, necessarily, of course, unconventionally), mindenképpen (absolutely, anyhow, at all events, by all means, definitely, doubtless, either way, in any case, without fail), bizony (jolly well, sure enough, verily). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

何様 (extremely, how, indeed, truly, what kind), となりの芝�"�は�'い (also called, certainly, construction worker, last, of course, rather, scaffold erector, the grass is always greener on the other side, totteringly, trudgingly, where ... is concerned). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なにさま (extremely, how, indeed, truly, what kind), とも (certainly, of course, rather). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ebay uresay

Romanian

ba bine cã nu (be sure, by all means, I dare say, rather, sure enough, why to be sure). (various references)

Swedish

jojo (yo-yo). (various references)

Turkish

emin olmamak (be hazy about, doubt, not to be sure, not to know for certain). (various references)

quippe, sane, vero, videlicet. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tuberose.

-1 letter: obtuser.

-2 letters: berets, bourse, brutes, burets, buster, buteos, obtuse, ouster, outers, outsee, rebuts, retuse, robust, routes, sorbet, souter, stereo, stoure, strobe, tubers, turbos.

-3 letters: beers, beets, beret, beset, besot, bores, borts, bouse, bouts, brees, brose, brute, buret, burse, burst, buteo, butes, erose, ester, euros, obese, outer, outre, rebus, rebut, reest, reset, reuse, robes.

+1 letter: bourtrees, outbreeds, soubrette, tenebrous, tuberoses.

+2 letters: hereabouts, oversubtle, soubrettes, tenebrious.

+3 letters: bijouteries, houseboater, thereabouts, troublesome, whereabouts.

+4 letters: beardtongues, boutonnieres, breechclouts, houseboaters, obdurateness, obstreperous, outbreedings, prosecutable, robustnesses, trolleybuses, tuberculoses, tuberosities.

+5 letters: bottlebrushes, mouthbreeders, obtrusiveness, protuberances, subcategories, subcategorize, subgeneration, subgovernment, subterraneous, trolleybusses, troublemakers, troublesomely.