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Certainty
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Certainty
/ˈsɜːtnti/
The state of being free from doubt or being sure about something.
Synonyms:
assurance
confidence
conviction
surety
definiteness
Antonyms:
uncertainty
doubt
indecision
hesitancy
Examples:
Should possibilities be worse to bear than
certainties
?
As she drove home it became a
certainty
.
Not for a
certainty
the French by far."
Etymology:
From the Latin word
certus
meaning assured or settled, combined with the suffix
-ity
, forming
certitudo
in Late Middle English.
Usage Statistics:
113 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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