sure
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ʃʊə(r)/US /ʃʊr/
Meaning
adjective
confident that you know something or that you are right
“‘Is that John over there?’ ‘I'm not sure’.”
adverb
used to say ‘yes’ to somebody
“‘Will you get me my coat?’ ‘Sure, where is it?’”
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“So, I mean, I'm not sure what my exact track record is on predictions.”
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“vehicle uh Jeff Bezos who I'm sure”
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“it was called here here in the states we knew that this machine was for us so we used every contact to we could to get a meeting with Nintendo sure that”
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