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cert
cert [ surt ] (plural certs)


noun  U.K. 
Definition:
 
1. somebody certain to do something: somebody who is certain to do something
2. something certain to happen: a foregone conclusion or certain outcome
[Late 19th century. Shortening of certain or certainty]
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