Collocations for certainty - noun
ADJ.
absolute, complete | reasonable, virtual
It''s a virtual certainty that petrol will go up in price.
It''s a virtual certainty that petrol will go up in price.
QUANT.
degree
It''s difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost.
It''s difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost.
PREP.
with ~
I couldn''t say with absolute certainty that he''s here.
I couldn''t say with absolute certainty that he''s here.
PHRASES
a lack of certainty
There seems to be a lack of certainty over what we should do.
There seems to be a lack of certainty over what we should do.
the one/only certainty
The one certainty left in a changing world is death.
The one certainty left in a changing world is death.