CERTAINTY


Meaning of CERTAINTY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ absolute , complete

▪ near , reasonable , virtual

It's a virtual ~ that essential foodstuffs will go up in price.

▪ moral

… OF CERTAINTY

▪ degree

It's difficult to predict with any degree of ~ how much it will cost.

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

I couldn't say with absolute ~ that he's here.

PHRASES

▪ a lack of ~

There seems to be a lack of ~ over what we should do.

▪ the one ~ , the only ~

The one ~ left in a changing world is death.

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