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without fail en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Certainly; by all means; as a matter of importance.
    • And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:8:
    • "Tuesday by all means." "Tuesday, then, without fail." 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149:
    • You will report to the police every week without fail.
  2. Inevitably.

Synonyms

surely

Translations (31)

cmn 一定 (certainly) · ky милдеттүү түрдө (certainly) · it immancabilmente (certainly) · ky кандай болсо да (certainly) · hu mindenképpen (certainly) · ru непреме́нно (certainly) · bg непреме́нно (certainly) · my မပျက်မကွက် (certainly) · es sin falta (certainly) · ta தவறாமல் (certainly) · ky сөзсүз (certainly) · hu feltétlenül (certainly) · cy yn ddi-feth (certainly) · eo nepre (certainly) · my ဆက်ဆက် (certainly) · it senza dubbio (certainly) · hu okvetlenül (certainly) · de unbedingt (certainly) · ja 是非 (certainly) · ru обяза́тельно (certainly) · ky албетте (certainly) · ga gan teip (certainly) · is áreiðanlega (certainly) · pt sem falha (certainly) · ko 반드시 (certainly) · is örugglega (certainly) · ca sens falta (certainly) · my မုချ (certainly) · gl certamente (certainly) · fr sans faute (certainly) · fi ehdottomasti (certainly)