certainty
Syllables: cer·tain·tyUK/ˈsɜːtn̩ti//ˈsɝtn̩ti/
certainty noun: the state of being certain.
Noun
certainty (countable and uncountable, plural certainties)
- The state of being certain.
- with certainty
- moral certainty
- Antonyms:
- doubt, uncertainty
- An instance of being certain.
- A fact or truth unquestionably established.
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC
- There is a certainty attainable. A certainty of feeling will arise through the very contemplation of Jesus. But there is also attainable a certainty of Reason.1895, Alexander Robinson, chapter XXI, in The Saviour in the Newer Light: A Present Day Study of Jesus Christ, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, page 337
- Synonyms:
- banker, cert, certitude, cinch, dead cert, fatality, inevitability, racing certainty, sure thing, fair bet
certainty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
certainty in Hindi
- state of being certain
- सुनिश्चितता suniścittā, निश्चय niścay, यक़ीन yaqīn, निश्चितता niścittā, निश्चयात्मकता niścayātmaktā
certainty in Tamil
- உறுதிப்பாடு, உறுதி, ஐயமின்மை, நிச்சயம், அவசியம், திண்ணம்
certainty in Marathi
- certainty, assurance
- खात्री khātrī
certainty in Urdu
- state of being certain
- یَقِین yaqīn
More languagesFewer languages
- certainty in Malayalam
- തിട്ടം tiṭṭaṁ, തീർച്ച tīṟcca, നിശ്ചയം niścayaṁ, പ്രത്യയം pratyayaṁ
- certainty in Kannada
- ಖಾತರಿ, ದಿಟ, ನಿಸ್ಸಂಶಯ, ಖಚಿತ ಸಂಗತಿ
- certainty in Punjabi
- ਯਕ਼ੀਨ yaqīn, ਪੱਕ pakka
- certainty in Gujarati
- ખાત્રી khātrī, નિર્ધાર nirdhār
- certainty in Odia
- ନିଶ୍ଚୟ niścaya, ଅନ୍ତ anta, ମୂଳ muḷa
- certainty in Sanskrit
- निश्चित niścita, ण ṇa
- certainty in Nepali
- निश्चितता, सुनिश्चितता
- certainty in Tagalog
- katiyakan
- certainty in Arabic
- يَقِين yaqīn
- certainty in Persian
- یقین yaqin
Examples of certainty in a sentence
- She spoke with complete certainty.
- There is no certainty that the plan will succeed.
- That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you.1720, Samuel Fancourt, “The Remarker's second Objection produced and examined”, in An Essay Concerning Certainty and Infallibility: Or...
- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.October 12, 1786, Fisher Ames, “Lucius Junius Brutus”, in Independent Chronicle:
- "That's a possibility," Sturdevant answered with a flutter of the eyes, "but by no means a certainty."2014, Richard Curtis, Death in the Crease, Open Road Media:
Synonyms of certainty
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Antonyms
Forms of certainty
| plural | certainties |
|---|---|
| alternative India | certainity |
Origin of certainty
From Middle English certeynte (“surety”), from Anglo-Norman certeinte, from Old French certeinete, from Vulgar Latin *certānitās, from Latin certus.
Words formed from certainty
Phrases with certainty
Questions about certainty
- What does certainty mean?
- Certainty means the state of being certain.
- What is certainty in Hindi?
- Certainty in Hindi is सुनिश्चितता (suniścittā), निश्चय (niścay), यक़ीन (yaqīn). See Certainty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use certainty in a sentence?
- She spoke with complete certainty.
- What part of speech is certainty?
- Certainty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce certainty?
- Certainty is pronounced /ˈsɝtn̩ti/ (US).
- What is the plural of certainty?
- The plural of certainty is certainties.
Words near certainty in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: certainty (page history and authors); certainty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खात्री (Marathi) (page history and authors); തിട്ടം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); certainty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੱਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ખાત્રી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅନ୍ତ (Odia) (page history and authors); ण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); certainty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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