certaintynoun
uk/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/certainty noun (IN NO DOUBT)
[ C ] something that cannot be doubted:
There are few absolute certainties in life.
B2 [ U ] the state of being completely confident or having no doubt about something:
I'm unable to answer that question with any certainty.
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- Somehow she knew, with deep-down certainty, that her son was still alive.
- Each one of us faces the certainty that we are going to die.
- I can't say I'm certain they'll win, because there are no certainties in life, but they've got an excellent chance.
- Can you state with certainty that this is the same man you saw on that day?
- He stood up and declared his faith with absolute certainty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Certainty
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- bet
- cut and dried
- decided
- decidedly
- definite
- definitely
- doubt
- indeed
- natch
- pronounced
- proof positive
- seal
- set/put the seal on sth idiom
- shadow
- signed and sealed idiom
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Confidence & self-assurance
certainty noun (EXTREMELY LIKELY)
C2 [ C ] something that is very likely to happen:
Joan will win - that's a certainty.
[ + to infinitive ] Joan is a certainty to win.
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Inevitable
- all roads lead to Rome idiom
- automatic
- automatically
- be (only) a matter of time idiom
- be damned if you do and damned if you don't idiom
- be nothing for it idiom
- be part and parcel of sth idiom
- doom
- fate
- fated
- implacable
- inalienable
- inexorable
- it can't be helped idiom
- matter
- relentless
- remorseless
- seal
- seal sb's fate idiom
- unstoppable
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