certainty

the certainty of death.

she knew with absolute certainty that they were dead.

there is a bewildering lack of certainty and clarity in the law.

all of the old certainties are in question.

distinguish between certainties and probables

It's a certainty that our team will win the game this time.

It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.

set sail in the assurance of favorable winds.See Synonyms at certainty

he was expected to be a certainty for a gold medal.

I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.

the letter had destroyed his certainty at one blow.

I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.

The Soviet model had a deep influence on China, but it's historic certainty to unthread the model.

I can't say with certainty what project they are engaged in.

Hope for the best, but expect the worst. Toawait is to wait in expectation of; it implies certainty:

The law does not allow of a captious and strained intendment， for such nice pretence of certainty confounds true and legal certainty.