(English)

Etimologie

Compus din sure + sufixul -ness.

Pronunție

  • AFI: /'ʃʊərnɪs/
  • AFI: /'ʃɜrnɪs/


Substantiv

sureness, (nenumărabil și numărabil; pl. surenesses)

  1. (nenumărabil) certitudine, convingere, siguranță
    His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.
  2. (nenumărabil) fermitate, statornicie
    The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.
  3. (numărabil, rar) convingere fermă, siguranță

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