CERTAINTY


Meaning of CERTAINTY in English

(certainties)

1.

Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.

I have told them with absolute ~ there’ll be no change of policy...

There is too little ~ about the present state of the German economy.

N-UNCOUNT: oft with N, N that

2.

Certainty is the fact that something is certain to happen.

A general election became a ~ three weeks ago.

...the ~ of more violence and bloodshed...

= inevitability

N-UNCOUNT: also a N

3.

Certainties are things that nobody has any doubts about.

There are no certainties in modern Europe...

N-COUNT: usu pl

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