"cert" meaning in English

See cert in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cert.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} cert
  1. Alternative form of cert.. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cert.
    Sense id: en-cert-en-adj-wUhHmzHB

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cert.wav Forms: certs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cert (plural certs)
  1. (informal) Certificate. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cert-en-noun-hwMSLJqJ
  2. (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cert-en-noun-BFRJpwaA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 39 56 Synonyms: banker [British], cert [informal], certainty, certitude, cinch, dead cert [informal], fatality, inevitability, racing certainty, sure thing, fair bet, good bet, safe bet, sure bet
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: birth cert, dead cert

Inflected forms

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