Meaning | Something that is certain. |
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Synonyms | certainty, foregone conclusion |
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Attributes | certain | Established beyond doubt or question |
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uncertain | not established beyond doubt |
Narrower | cert | An absolute certainty |
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indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness | The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt |
ineluctability, unavoidability | The quality of being impossible to avoid or evade |
inevitability, inevitableness | The quality of being unavoidable |
moral certainty | certainty based on an inner conviction |
predictability | The quality of being predictable |
slam dunk | Something that is a sure to occur |
surety | Something clearly established |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness | unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance |
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Spanish | certeza |
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Catalan | certesa |
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