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Webster 1913 Edition
Certainty
Cer′tain-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Certainties
(#)
. [OF.
certaineté
.] 1.
The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
The
certainty
of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.
2.
A fact or truth unquestionable established.
Certainties
are uninteresting and sating. Landor.
3.
(Law)
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
Of a certainty
, certainly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Certainty
CERTAINTY
,Noun.
1.
A fixed or real state; truth; fact.Know for a certainty, that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations. Josh. 23. Luke 1.
2.
Full assurance of mind; exemption from doubt.Certainty is the perception of the agreement or disagreement of our ideas.
3.
Exemption from failure; as the certainty of an event, or of the success of a medicine.The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
4.
Regularity; settled state.Definition 2024
certainty
certainty
English
Noun
certainty (countable and uncountable, plural certainties)
- The state of being certain.
- Fisher Ames
- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
- Fisher Ames
- An instance of being certain.
- A fact or truth unquestionably established.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Synonyms
- (state of being certain): certitude
Antonyms
- (state of being certain): uncertainty
Related terms
- certain
- of a certainty
Translations
state of being certain
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