[
UK
/sˈɜːtənti/
]
[ US /ˈsɝtənti/ ]
[ US /ˈsɝtənti/ ]
NOUN
-
the state of being certain
his certainty reassured the others -
something that is certain
his victory is a certainty
How To Use certainty In A Sentence
- I can say with certainty that a lot of arms shipments have arrived during this peace period.
- What we need is the Government to get this absolutely right and to provide certainty. Times, Sunday Times
- The openings came amid fresh political uncertainty in the country. Times, Sunday Times
- It's difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost.
- No certainty there of a fast surface. The Sun
- By the time the higher elevations are reached, such strange notions as Einsteinian curved space-time and the quantum uncertainty principle, heavy meals indeed, seem not so difficult to digest.
- The lexical diarrhoea, the mememe contents, the Pennine Chain I-Know-Everything certainty. Fancy Forking Out £80 for Breakfast with Stephen Timms?
- One's feet were cold and the uncertainty of everything made one yawny but not sleepy.
- This should mean that design costs will be cheaper and there will be more certainty from the beginning. Times, Sunday Times
- His thoughts on life after forty have convinced him to accept uncertainty and nobody believes he is more than forty years old.