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certainty

[ sur-tn-tee ]

noun

plural certainties.
  1. the state of being certain.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. something certain; an assured fact.

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certainty

/ ˈ²õɜ˳ÙÉ™²Ô³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the condition of being certain
  2. something established as certain or inevitable
  3. for a certainty
    without doubt
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦±ð°ùt²¹¾±²Ô·³Ù²â noun plural noncertainties
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of certainty1

1250–1300; Middle English certeinte < Anglo-French, equivalent to certein certain + -te -ty 2
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. for / of a certainty, certainly; without a doubt:

    I suspect it, but I don't know it for a certainty.

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Synonym Study

See belief.
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Example Sentences

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Janice, who is unwilling or unable to open up, is not nearly as needy as her spouse, who starts espousing biblical platitudes with the desperate certainty of a drowning man grateful for any life raft.

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But over the course of the novel, the narrator’s certainty wavers, and they begin to recognize that, fundamentally, they are angry about all the same things their dad is.

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“It’s time for certainty in the California insurance market for our customers. The provisional nature of today’s decision does not improve that certainty but it’s a step in the right direction,†State Farm said.

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And Marine Le Pen has been widely portrayed, with something close to certainty, as France's president-in-waiting, as the nation's most popular politician, cruelly robbed of her near-inevitable procession towards the Élysée Palace.

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They offer certainty for a set period - often a year, or longer - but if energy prices drop when you are on the deal, you could be stuck at a higher price.

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