certainty: Meaning and Definition of

cer•tain•ty

Pronunciation: (sûr'tn-tē), [key]
— pl. -ties.
  1. the state of being certain.
  2. something certain; an assured fact.
  3. certainly; without a doubt: I suspect it, but I don't know it for a certainty.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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