cert

noun
🔊/sɜːt/
🔊/sɜːrt/
(British English, informal)
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  1. a thing that is sure to happen or be successful必然发生的事;确定无疑的事;有把握成功的事 synonym certainty
    • That horse is a dead cert for (= is sure to win) the next race.那匹马下一场比赛准赢。🔊🔊
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2, Successc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation of certainty.