单词 | certainty |
释义 | certainty (once / 177 pages) n WORD FAMILY certainty: certainties, uncertainty+/uncertainty: uncertainties USAGE EXAMPLESThe only certainty in times like this is that certainties will be confounded. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) One Middle Eastern certainty is that it will reignite. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) There’s little certainty about how Trump will actually act on Russia as president. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the state of being certain his certainty reassured the others Ant|Hypo|Hyper doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty the state of being unsure of something assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities certitude, cocksureness, overconfidencetotal certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant reliance, trustcertainty based on past experience cognitive state, state of mind the state of a person's cognitive processes 2n something that is certain his victory is a certainty Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper foregone conclusion, sure thing precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance cert an absolute certainty ineluctability, unavoidabilitythe quality of being impossible to avoid or evade inevitability, inevitablenessthe quality of being unavoidable suretysomething clearly established indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionablenessthe quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt moral certaintycertainty based on an inner conviction predictabilitythe quality of being predictable slam dunksomething that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion definiteness, determinatenessthe quality of being predictable with great confidence incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positiveness, positivitythe quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about demonstrability, provabilitycapability of being demonstrated or logically proved givennessthe quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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