{
    "term": "certainty",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state of being certain",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't say **with** any **certainty** where I'll be next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There seems to be a lack of certainty over what we should do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "near"],
                "… of certainty": ["degree"],
                "preposition": ["with certainty"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a lack of certainty",
                    "the one certainty",
                    "the only certainty"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that is certain",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "political/moral certainties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her return to the team now seems a certainty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a virtual certainty that essential foodstuffs will go up in price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The one certainty left in a changing world is death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As far as the economy is concerned, the only certainty is uncertainty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The end of the Cold War marked the collapse of many old political certainties."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "near"],
                "… of certainty": ["degree"],
                "preposition": ["with certainty"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a lack of certainty",
                    "the one certainty",
                    "the only certainty"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːtnti/",
                "audio": "ce/certainty/certainty__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrtnti/",
                "audio": "ce/certainty/certainty__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French certainete, from certain, based on Latin certus ‘settled, sure’."
}