categorical
adjective
uk/ˌkæt.əˈɡɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈɡɔːr.ɪ.kəl/without anydoubtorpossibilityof beingchanged:
确定无疑的,明确的a categoricaldenial/assurance/rejection
Herepliedwith a categoricalassertionthat no suchofferwas made.
Wewantcategoricalproof.
Synonym
categoric
relatingto acategory(= atypeorgroupin asystemfordividingthings intosimilartypesorgroups):
Thefollowingcategoricalvariableswere used.
The categoricaldistinctionisfairlyclear.
- The governmentdepartmentissueda categoricaldenialof thereport.
- Can you give a categoricalassurancethat this will nothappen?
- Shepersistedin her categoricalrefusaltodiscussthematter.
- Themethodologyentailsconvertingkeytargetsandperformanceindicatorsinto categoricalvariablesof either 3 or 5categories.
Certainty
- (as) clear as dayidiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
- and that's flat!idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- deffo
- definite
- definitely
- definitive
- definitively
- nailsomethingon
- nailed on
- natch
- not miss a beatidiom
- not miss/skip a beatidiom
- solidity
- squarely
- watertight
- would
- you can bet your lifeidiom
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