Find
Find verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Make certain and find are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make certain" instead a verb "Find".
Make certain
Find and make certain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Find" instead a verb phrase "Make certain".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Los Angeles has been destroyed, and you find this out via one line of secondary dialog that you may not even see if you make certain choices.
Source: Video Game / Deus Ex -
It's understandable because censoring intentionally awkward band names could make certain artists impossible to search for, but it gets a little silly when you look up the band Holy Fuck and find that the title of their Self-Titled Album is censored even though the band name is not.
Source: Bleep Dammit -
That doesn't make certain (older) parades any less hard to find though.
Cite this Source
Make certain and Find. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/find/make_certain
Find & Make certain. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/find/make_certain>.
Make certain or Find. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/find/make_certain.
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