how to pronounce certainty

/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/

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certainty is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of certainty in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… cannot even say with certainty that she …”

meaning of certainty

Certainty means the state of being certain.

certainty frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word certainty occurs in english on average 13.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics certainty can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that certainty can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;