"for sure" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for sure, {{en-prep phrase}} for sure
  1. Definitely, positively, without a doubt. Synonyms: for certain, fo shizzle [informal], fershur, fasho, fo sho, fo' sho', fosho, fs [dialectal, nonstandard] Translations (definitely): amb tota seguretat (Catalan), del cert (Catalan), 肯定地 (Chinese Mandarin), zeker (Dutch), zeker weten (Dutch), varmasti (Finnish), taatusti (Finnish), pour sûr [dated] (French), assurément (French), sans aucun doute (French), de seguro (Galician), con certeza (Galician), sicher (German), fürwahr [dated] (German), alveg ábyggilega (Icelandic), 違いない (chigainai) (Japanese), prō certō (Latin), jó tʼáá aaníí (Navajo), na pewno (Polish), com certeza (Portuguese), несомне́нно (nesomnénno) (Russian), por seguro (Spanish), a ciencia cierta (Spanish), de seguro (Spanish), helt säkert (Swedish), attsaik (Tocharian B), chắc chắn (Vietnamese), fümo (Volapük), i sicrwydd (Welsh), yn bendant (Welsh)

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