sureness

US pronunciation

American soundsureness

sureness

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

su - re - ness -> sureness

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

sure /ʃƱǝ(r); Brit also ʃↄ:(r)/ adj (-r , -st )

၁။ ~ (of/about sth) ; ~ that… ; ~ what , etc… သေချာ[သော]။ သံသယ ကင်း[သော]။ I think he's coming, but I'm not quite sure. ❍ I'm not sure when I saw her last. ❍ Are you sure of your facts? ❍ If you're not sure how to do it, ask me. ❍ Can we be sure that she's telling the truth?
❍ I think the answer's right but I'm not absolutely sure about it. ❍ She felt sure that she had done the right thing. Compare UNSURE ၂
၂။ ~ of sth/doing sth သေချာ[သော]။ ပိုင်[သော]။ You're always sure of a warm welcome there. ❍ England must win this game to be sure of qualifying for the World Cup.
၃။ ~ to do sth သေချာသော။ ကျိန်းသေသော။ It's sure to rain. ❍ You're sure to fail if you do it that way.
၄။ သေချာသော။ ကျိန်းသေသော။ in the sure and certain knowledge that one is right ❍ One thing is sure: I'm never lending money to Bob again. ❍ CERTAIN
၅။ သေချာသော။ a sure sign of economic recovery ❍ There's only one sure way to do it. ❍ She said goodbye to her son in the sure knowledge that he would be well looked after.
၆။ သေချာသော။ ပိုင်သော။ her sure touch at the keyboard.
adv (infml esp US ) အသေအချာ(ပေါ့)။ ‘Do you want a game of tennis?’ ‘Sure!’ ❍ It sure was cold!
❏ be sure to do sth [IDM ] မပျက်မကွက်။ ဆက်ဆက်။ Be sure to write and tell me all your news.
❏ for sure [IDM ] (infml ) သေချာပေါက်။ ကျိန်းသေ။ I think he lives there but I couldn't say for sure. ❍ It won't be easy, that's for sure. ❍ (esp US ) ‘Will you be there?’ ‘For sure. ’
❏ make sure (of sth/that…) [IDM ]
၁။ သေချာအောင် ကြည့်ရှုစစ်ဆေးသည်။ I think the door's locked, but I'd better go and make sure (it is).
၂။ သေချာအောင်လုပ်သည်။ Our staff will do their best to make sure (that) you enjoy your visit.
❏ (as) sure as eggs is eggs ; (as) sure as fate ; (as) sure as I'm standing here [IDM ] (infml ) မြေကြီးလက်ခတ်မလွဲ။ He's dead, as sure as eggs is eggs.
❏ (as) sure as hell [IDM ] (US infml ) တကယ့်ကို။ I sure as hell wish I'd known that before.
❏ sure enough [IDM ] အဲဒီအတိုင်းပဲ။ I said it would rain, and sure enough it did.
❏ sure-fire adj သေချာပေါက်။ a sure-fire recipe for success ❍ This is a sure-fire way to get publicity.
❏ sure-footed adj ခြေမြဲသော။ sure-footedness n [U]
❏ sureness n [U] ပိုင်နိုင်မှု။ စေ့စပ်သေချာမှု။ ယုံကြည်မှု။ a picture that shows the artist's sureness of touch ❍ her sureness that she had done the right thing.
❏ sure of oneself [IDM ] (sometimes derog ) မိမိကိုယ်မိမိ ယုံကြည်မှု အပြည့်အဝရှိသည်။ He seems very sure of himself.
❏ sure thing [IDM ] (infml esp US ) ဟုတ်ပါ့။ မှန်ပါ့။ ဒါပေါ့။ ‘Will you have one too?’ ‘Sure thing!’
❏ to be sure [IDM ] (fml ) ဒါမငြင်းနိုင်ဘူး။ မှန်တာပေါ့။ He is clever, to be sure, but not very hard-working.

More examples

I think she’s called Monica, but I’m not sure.
[sure (that)] : Are you sure these figures are right?
[sure (that)] : I was sure that I had left my keys on the counter.
[sure about] : If you’re really sure about the facts, we’ll publish them.
[sure how/why/if etc] : No one is really sure why he resigned.
[pretty sure] : I’m pretty sure the pool is open until 6.00.
‘I’ll take the blue one.’ ‘Are you sure?’
[not sure how/why/where etc] : They’re not really sure where they want to live.
[quite/absolutely sure] : I’ll certainly support you, if you’re quite sure that this is what you want.
[sure of] : If you’re not sure of the answers, say so.
[sure of yourself] : He sounded so sure of himself that I began to believe him.
[feel sure (that)] : I felt sure I could do it if only they’d give me a chance.
[sure to do something] : If you get drunk tonight, you’re sure to feel rotten in the morning.
[a sure thing/bet] : Everyone thought it was a sure thing, and we were amazed when they pulled out.
[for sure] : One thing is for sure, I’m never going skydiving again!
He took sure aim and squeezed the trigger.
A sure path to success
In the sure grip of a powerful emotion
His handshake was sure and confident.
A sure command of the facts
A sure memory for names
[a sure sign/indication] : The increase in new home sales is a sure sign the recession is over.

Synonyms

certain, in no doubt, convinced, positive, confident, definite, clear in your mind, persuaded, OK, abiding, absolutely, accurate, all right, arrogant, assured, bound, bound to be, by all means, certainly, changeless, clear, clearly, composed, conclusive, constant, convincing, decided, decisive, definitely, dependable, doubtless, effective, enduring, fast, fine, firm, fixed, for a fact, for certain, for sure, free from doubt, genuine, guaranteed, incontestable, incontrovertible, indeed, indisputable, indubitable, ineluctable, inerrant, inescapable, inevitable, infallible, irrevocable, loyal, never-failing, of course, okay, physically stable, positively, real, really, reliable, safe, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, set, solid, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sure thing, sure-fire, surefire, surely, telling, true, trustworthy, trusty, unavoidable, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeniable, undisputable, unequivocal, unerring, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioning, unshakable, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering, valid, yes, yes indeed, you bet, you're welcome

Antonyms

doubted, doubtful, doubtfully, doubting, dubious, hesitant, humbled, indefinite, swerving, uncertain, unconfident, unreliable, unself-confident, unsteady, unsure, variable, wavering, wobbly