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单词 certainty
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cer•tain•ty /ˈsɜrtənti/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ties. 
  1. the state of being certain:[uncountable]This philosopher claims that we can't know anything with certainty.
  2. something certain;
    an assured fact:[countable]a mathematical certainty that we would finish in first place.
See -cert-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cer•tain•ty  (sûr′tn tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. 
  1. the state of being certain.
  2. something certain;
    an assured fact.
  3. Idioms for or of a certainty, certainly;
    without a doubt:I suspect it, but I don't know it for a certainty.
  • Anglo-French, equivalent. to certein certain + -te -ty2
  • Middle English certeinte 1250–1300
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged certitude, assurance, confidence. See belief. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged truth.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
certainty /ˈsɜːtəntɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
  1. the condition of being certain
  2. something established as certain or inevitable
  3. for a certainty ⇒ without doubt
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