Definition: 1. The state of being certain. 2. Something that is certain.
Use 'certainty' in a sentence:
1. I can't say with any certainty where I'll be next week.
2. Has certainty blinded us to opportunity?
3. Petitioners suggest that anything less than certainty, that any speculation, is irresponsible.
4. While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes—twice.
5. No one knows with certainty.
6. He spoke with clearness and certainty.
7. Filled with inexplicable18 horror and certainty that this was the same ominous19 thing in the bathroom, I turned on my heels and started down the ramp only to be shoved, hard, by something.
8. In an election year, this is no certainty.
9. Both the internal and external certainty of the law are relative.
10. Which life experience has taught her is a virtual certainty.
11. "One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards," says Reimann.
12. There is too little certainty about the present state of the German economy.
13. But that is a hope, not a certainty.
14. What is it that you know with certainty?
15. The Certainty Law of the Crime and Criminal Policy Meaning.
16. Few projects start with complete information and total certainty.
17. Their suspicions hardened into certainty.
18. Whether the sound came from his head or from the hollow tree, that no one could say with certainty.
19. I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.
20. Sophisticated statistics are used to create an intimidatory atmosphere of scientific certainty.
21. It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
22. It's a dead certainty that the Tories will be re-elected.
23. Consumer's behavior theory usually consists of certainty theory and uncertainty theory.
24. Many Americans came to believe that scientific certainty could not only solve scientific problems, but also reform politics, government, and business.
25. 'You're wrong,' she said with absolute certainty.
26. A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.
27. That horse is a dead certainty.
28. I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.
29. People with greater certainty about their emotions are better pilots of their lives.
30. In the bag ： Achieved or won almost as a certainty.
31. Brisbane's victory looked a certainty after it was unanimously selected as the single candidate for 2032 by the IOC's 15-strong executive board.
32. This is a certainty that socialism will replace capitalism.
33. The archetypal extrovert prefers action to contemplation, risk-taking to heed-taking, certainty to doubt.
34. Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
35. Given the sheer number of stars that exist it's a mathematical certainty that there is life on other planets.
36. While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes twice.
37. The psychological controls were built on fear and punishment—on the absolute certainty that anyone or anything that threatened the authority of Rome would be utterly destroyed.
38. This is a virtual certainty.
39. In passing the two big shut doors adjacent to the last ramp I had another weird feeling of certainty and realization22: this was a hospital ( we already know that.) This basement used to be the morgue.
40. Even though manufacturers and retailers can forecast aggregate demand with some certainty, forecasting accurately how that demand will be distributed among the many SKU's they sell is difficult.
41. Generation Zs are looking for more certainty and stability, because of the rise of the gig economy.
42. Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment, which would have a significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new developments from revenues.
43. I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy.
44. A general election became a certainty last week.
45. Such attitudes are valueless unless they reflect inner cognition and certainty.
46. There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war.
