Certainty
['sɜːt(ə)ntɪ;-tɪn-] or ['sɝtnti]
Definition
(noun.) something that is certain; 'his victory is a certainty'.
(noun.) the state of being certain; 'his certainty reassured the others'.
Checker: Vivian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
(n.) A fact or truth unquestionable established.
(n.) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Surety, indubitableness, certitude, freedom from doubt.[2]. Truth, fact, fixed fact, accomplished fact, real state.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence,conviction
ANT:Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity,hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- A commanding general cannot base his actions upon either absolute certainty or absolute ignorance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But what I have of certainty, sir, said Richard, is not all I have. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All that he has of certainty will be expended when he is fully equipped. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cos, says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Miss Bingley said something of his never returning to Netherfield again, of giving up the house, but not with any certainty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is a certainty. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The marriage is a certainty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the terrible certainty of his words remained the same. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My feelings are at present in a state of dreadful indecision; I wish to acquit you, but certainty on either side will be ease to what I now suffer. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Who can measure probabilities against certainties? Plato. The Republic.
- Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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