How do you use the word "certainty" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "certainty" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "certainty": It was a certainty that the inhabitants of this island had committed horrible crimes. The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

Certainty Meaning

/ˈsɝtn̩ti/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe state of being certain.

nounAn instance of being certain.

Sentence Examples

It was a certainty that the inhabitants of this island had committed horrible crimes.

The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

uncertainty

CEFR Practice Quiz

There is no ____ that the lost hikers will be found alive today.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

There is no ____ that the weather will be good for the picnic today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English certeynte (“surety”), from Anglo-Norman certeinte, from Old French certeinete, from Vulgar Latin *certānitās, from Latin certus.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct." — 1720, Samuel Fancourt, “The Remarker's second Objection produced and examined”, in An Essay Concerning Certainty and Infallibility: Or, Some Reflections Upon a Pamphlet Stiled, “The Nature and Consequences of Enthusiasm Considered, in Some Short Remarks on the Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity Stated and Defended.” In a Letter to the Author of Those Remarks, London: R. Cruttenden, page 35:

"The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes." — October 12, 1786, Fisher Ames, “Lucius Junius Brutus”, in Independent Chronicle:

"Certainties are uninteresting and sating." — 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

"There is a certainty attainable. A certainty of feeling will arise through the very contemplation of Jesus. But there is also attainable a certainty of Reason." — 1895, Alexander Robinson, chapter XXI, in The Saviour in the Newer Light: A Present Day Study of Jesus Christ, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, page 337:

"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." — November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk:

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