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{
"term": "certainty",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of being certain",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war."
},
{
"text": "I can't say **with** any **certainty** where I'll be next week."
},
{
"text": "There seems to be a lack of certainty over what we should do."
},
{
"text": "It's difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "near"],
"… of certainty": ["degree"],
"preposition": ["with certainty"],
"phrases": [
"a lack of certainty",
"the one certainty",
"the only certainty"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that is certain",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "political/moral certainties"
},
{
"text": "Her return to the team now seems a certainty."
},
{
"text": "It's a virtual certainty that essential foodstuffs will go up in price."
},
{
"text": "The one certainty left in a changing world is death."
},
{
"text": "As far as the economy is concerned, the only certainty is uncertainty."
},
{
"text": "The end of the Cold War marked the collapse of many old political certainties."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "near"],
"… of certainty": ["degree"],
"preposition": ["with certainty"],
"phrases": [
"a lack of certainty",
"the one certainty",
"the only certainty"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːtnti/",
"audio": "ce/certainty/certainty__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrtnti/",
"audio": "ce/certainty/certainty__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French certainete, from certain, based on Latin certus ‘settled, sure’."
}