Skip to content
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

certainty

/ˈsɝtn̩ti/

Press play to hear how to pronounce certainty.

American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does certainty mean?

noun

  1. The state of being certain.
  2. An instance of being certain.
  3. A fact or truth unquestionably established.

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɝtn̩ti/

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

See this word in context.

The terrible torture and unreality of the last days were over, and he had come out now into perfect certainty and peace.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
On the back of some of the cells is a very strange appendage, the use of which is not with certainty ascertained.
Charles KingsleyGlaucus; Or, The Wonders of the ShoreProject Gutenberg ebook #695
More book examples (3)
Of a certainty Englishmen in whatever continent or island of this world would never tolerate such a tyrannical interference with their rights.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
Feminine interest in the environment is what gives female intuition a swiftness and certainty unattainable in the meditations of the profoundest philosophers.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
The Roman theologians teach that no man can know for a certainty whether he stands in the favor of God or not.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549