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certainty
[ sur-tn-tee ]
noun
- the state of being certain.
Synonyms: , ,
- something certain; an assured fact.
Synonyms:
certainty
/ ˈ²õɜ˳ÙÉ™²Ô³Ùɪ /
noun
- the condition of being certain
- something established as certain or inevitable
- for a certaintywithout doubt
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦±ð°ùt²¹¾±²Ô·³Ù²â noun plural noncertainties
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of certainty1
Idioms and Phrases
- for / of a certainty, certainly; without a doubt:
I suspect it, but I don't know it for a certainty.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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