Certitude Definition

sûrtĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
certitudes
noun
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A feeling of absolute sureness or conviction.
Webster's New World
The state of being certain or convinced of something; complete assurance; confidence.
Who can say with certitude how strong the economy will be next year?
American Heritage
Something that is assured or believed to be true.
American Heritage
Sureness; inevitability.
Webster's New World
The state of being certain or convinced of something; complete assurance; confidence.
Who can say with certitude how strong the economy will be next year?
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Certitude

Noun

Singular:
certitude
Plural:
certitudes

Origin of Certitude

  • Middle English from Late Latin certitūdō from Latin certus certain certain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Late Latin certitūdō from Latin certus certain certain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certitudo, from Latin certus

    From Wiktionary

Certitude Sentence Examples

  • Some people need all the facts and figures before they act; they require certitude about everything from trends to markets before they launch a product.

  • The comedy of forgiveness has no such luxurious certitude.

  • For they run to suffer punishments, no matter how horrible, as if to a banquet; so that if you take that as a test either of the truth of doctrine or of their certitude of grace, you would easily conclude that in no other sect is to be found a faith so true or grace so certain.

  • And yet the evidence points, with increasing certitude, to bankruptcy.

  • Gazing with the eye of God, he will perceive within every atom a door that leadeth him to the stations of absolute certitude.

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