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I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
Dan Phillips

Meaning of "sure enough" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SURE ENOUGH

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURE ENOUGH

surchargement
surcharger
surcingle
surcoat
surculose
surculus
surd
surdity
sure
sure thing
sure-enough
sure-fire
sure-footed
sure-footedly
sure-footedness
surely
sureness
sureties
surety
suretyship

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURE ENOUGH

although
as though
borough
breakthrough
click through
click-through
cough
dough
enough
funnily enough
go through
Greenough
hough
rough
Scarborough
sure-enough
thorough
though
through
tough

Synonyms and antonyms of sure enough in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sure enough» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURE ENOUGH

Find out the translation of sure enough to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sure enough from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sure enough» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

果不其然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

efectivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

sure enough
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यकीन है कि पर्याप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المؤكد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конечно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

com certeza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরু নিশ্চিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assez sûr
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cukup pasti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sicher genug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

案の定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과연
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesthi cukup
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chắc chắn đủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போதும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खात्रीने पुरेसे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeterince emin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbastanza sicuro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na pewno wystarczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звичайно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suficient de sigur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρκετά βέβαιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seker genoeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säker nog
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikker nok
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sure enough

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURE ENOUGH»

The term «sure enough» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURE ENOUGH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sure enough

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6 QUOTES WITH «SURE ENOUGH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sure enough.
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Saint Augustine
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
2
Richard Bach
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
3
Dave Lombardo
We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.
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Dan Phillips
I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
5
Jean Rostand
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
6
Marcia Wallace
I went to these mixers, you know, where you're supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURE ENOUGH»

Discover the use of sure enough in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sure enough and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sure Enough
Although historical in approach, the book is devotional in impact. It stimulates thinking, stretches the mind, and expands one's adoration of God. Warren Wiersbe said: "There is a need for this book.
John Gilmore, 2004
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Sure Enough, How Come?
This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.
F. W. Van Emden, 2013
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Epistemological Contextualism
If that were so, then it would be reasonable to suggest that an assertion of “I don't know that p” standardly indicates that one is not sure enough, or that one does not have good enough evidence, to act on p in one's practical situation.
Martijn Blaauw, 2005
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What Every Middle School Teacher Needs to Know about Reading ...
For instance, in this item, students might choose gain as a synonym and substitute it: “Sure enough, Paul tries desperately to gain the eye of another teammate.” Then students can read each of the dictionary meanings to find the one that most ...
Charles Fuhrken, 2011
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Yankee Notions: A Medley
That is very true, Mrs Brown, but here is another question. If a goose can lay a golden egg, why can't a hen lay a silver one?" " Sure enough, Mr Lee, sure enough, sure enough," said the old woman, beginning to get some light on the subject.
Samuel Kettell, 1838
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Cajun Country
Ça fait, sure enough, l'homme, à matin, il a parlé avec son voisin. Son voisin dit ça, “Mais sûr, emmène la truie là-bas dans ton char.” “Mais,” il dit, “j'ai pas de char.” “Mais,” il dit, “comment est-ce que tu vas Pemmener?” “Mais,” il dit, “tout ce  ...
Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay Edwards, Glen Pitre, 1991
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Mexican Enough: My Life between the Borderlines
He had a really good attitude, very happy-go-lucky, and we got to talking. When I dropped them off at the bridge, I said, 'Maybe I'll see you tomorrow.' And sure enough, I did. They just laughed when I caught them and put them in the truck.
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, 2008
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Talent is Never Enough Workbook: Art, Imagination and ...
Someone called it the “sure enough” syndrome. If you expect to fail, sure enough, you will. If you expect. TALENT + BELIEF = A TALENT-PLUS PERSON PUTTING THE TALENT-PLUS FORMULA INTO ACTION YOUR PASSION CAN ...
John C. Maxwell, 2007
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Reconsidering John Calvin
They are sure enough about what will happen to them in that separation of eternity, are sure enough about the matter of their own salvation, that they are the righteous, or sure enough that they are believers – and now they raise the question ...
Randall C. Zachman, 2012
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The Seventy Faces of Torah: The Jewish Way of Reading the ...
Sure enough, the carob tree was uprooted [and replanted] a hundred cubits away from its place. "No proof can be brought from a carob tree," they retorted. Again he said to them, "If the halakah agrees with me, let the channel of water prove it!
Stephen M. Wylen, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURE ENOUGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sure enough is used in the context of the following news items.
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10-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Safer—and Still Move Plenty of Cars
... 10.5-feet wide than to 12-feet. Sure enough, wider lanes meant speedier cars, and yet narrower lanes were perfectly capable of moving high volumes of traffic. «CityLab, Jul 15»
2
Fighting corruption the PBA way
Sure enough, amid the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association's election next month, the top three officers of an insurgent slate seeking to unseat union president ... «amNY, May 15»
3
Film review: Cars will fly and sure enough, they do in Furious 7
Film review: Cars will fly and sure enough, they do in Furious 7. Vin Diesel and company return in the latest action-packed edition of the Fast and Furious ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
4
Make sure enough taxes are withheld
With only two more months left in the year, taxpayers need to make sure they have enough withholdings taken out of their paychecks to cover any tax liability ... «Standard-Examiner, Nov 14»
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Feisty Sunspot Is Feisty. Very Very Much So.
Just a quick update: Sure enough, as predicted, the freakishly huge sunspot AR 2192 blew out a powerful X-class flare today around 14:00 UTC. The picture ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 14»
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Movie review: 'Alexander' sure enough is 'Terrible'
Clocking in at a piddly 80 minutes, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” ought to be a cakewalk. But due to swing-and-miss humor, ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Oct 14»
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Sure Enough for the Two of Us
I liked it. And I liked him, probably too much. We had instant physical chemistry, and his old-fashioned values combined with just enough frat-guy attitude to keep ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
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Sure Enough, the End of Bipartisan Politics in Honduras
On June 27, 2011, Patricia Rodas, who served as the foreign minister under the Zelaya government (2006-2009) in Honduras, predicted that the advent of the ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
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Sure enough, you can play 'Doom' on an ATM
The quest to play Doom on just about everything won't be over any time soon, it seems. A team of Australians has torn open and modified an ATM to play id ... «Engadget, Jul 14»
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Sure enough, the LG G Flex can actually flex
Well whaddyaknow - the LG G Flex actually lives up to its name. The phone has been caught bending out of its unusual shape in a demo video. You can see the ... «TechRadar UK, Nov 13»

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