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11certainty — [n1] positive assurance all sewn up*, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup*, open and shut case*, positiveness,… …
12certainty of meaning — index certitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13certainty — ► NOUN (pl. certainties) 1) the quality or state of being certain. 2) a fact that is true or an event that is definitely going to take place …
14certainty — n. 1) absolute, dead; mathematical; moral certainty 2) certainty of (there is no certainty of success) 3) certainty that + clause (there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached) 4) with certainty (to state with certainty) * * * [… …
15certainty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete ▪ near, reasonable, virtual ▪ It s a virtual certainty that essential foodstuffs will go up in price. ▪ moral …
16Certainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Certainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 certainty certainty Sgm: N 1 necessity necessity &c. 601 Sgm: N 1 certitude certitude surety assurance Sgm: N 1 dead certainty dead certainty moral certainty …
17certainty — cer|tain|ty [ˈsə:tnti US ˈsə:r ] n plural certainties 1.) [U] the state of being completely certain with certainty ▪ She knew with absolute certainty that he d say no. ▪ The result is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty . 2.) [U]… …
18certainty — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)t(ə)nti[/t]] certainties 1) N UNCOUNT: oft with N, N that Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something. I have told them with absolute certainty there ll be no change of policy... There is too… …
19certainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Confidence in being right Nouns 1. certainty, certitude, confidence, sureness, conviction, surety, assurance, faith; dead or moral certainty; positiveness, assuredness; self confidence, reliance, or… …
20certainty — noun 1 (C) something that is definitely true or that will definitely happen: It s a certainty that prices will go up soon. | Dying s the only certainty in this life. 2 (U) the state of being completely certain: Nowadays there s less certainty… …
