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- [uhn-sur-tn-tee]
- /ʌnˈsɜr tn ti/
- /ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-sur-tn-tee]
- /ʌnˈsɜr tn ti/
Definitions of uncertainty word
- noun plural uncertainty the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry. 1
- noun plural uncertainty an instance of uncertainty, doubt, etc. 1
- noun plural uncertainty unpredictability; indeterminacy; indefiniteness. 1
- noun uncertainty mental 1
- noun uncertainty in doubt 1
- variable noun uncertainty Uncertainty is a state of doubt about the future or about what is the right thing to do. 0
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Origin of uncertainty
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English uncerteynte; see un-1, certainty
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Parts of speech for Uncertainty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uncertainty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
uncertainty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uncertainty
noun uncertainty
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- ambiguity — If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- ambiguousness — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- ambivalence — the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
conjunction uncertainty
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- or — a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either or both operands are positive.
Antonyms for uncertainty
noun uncertainty
- accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- assuredness — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- ataraxia — calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
- ataraxy — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
Top questions with uncertainty
- how to calculate uncertainty?
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- how to deal with uncertainty?
- how to calculate uncertainty in physics?
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- how to find uncertainty?
- how to find percentage uncertainty?
- what does uncertainty mean?
- how to calculate absolute uncertainty?
- what is uncertainty?
- what is the uncertainty of the position of the bacterium?
- how to find uncertainty in physics?
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- what is heisenberg uncertainty principle?
- what is uncertainty avoidance?
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