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sureness

UK/ˈʃʊənəs/US/ˈʃʊɹnəs/

sureness noun: the property of being sure, certainty.

Noun

sureness (countable and uncountable, plural surenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.
    • His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.
  2. (uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.
    • 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. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.

sureness meaning in Tamil

sureness in Tamil

நிலைவரம்

Forms of sureness

pluralsurenesses

Origin of sureness

From Middle English surenes; equivalent to sure + -ness.

Words that rhyme with sureness

Questions about sureness

What does sureness mean?
Sureness means the property of being sure, certainty.
What is sureness in Tamil?
Sureness in Tamil is நிலைவரம். See Sureness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sureness?
Sureness is a noun.
How do you pronounce sureness?
Sureness is pronounced /ˈʃʊənəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of sureness?
The plural of sureness is surenesses.

Words near sureness in the dictionary

  1. surely
  2. surement
  3. Suren
  4. Surendra
  5. Surendranagar
  6. sureness
  7. surenesses
  8. Surenian
  9. Surenians
  10. Surenne
  11. Surenyan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sureness (page history and authors); sureness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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