complete certainty

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteandcertainty

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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certainty
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/
something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandcertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, due to our design we do not havecompletecertaintyabout the nature of the observed effects.
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Hence, an individual child could not be classified withcompletecertaintyas 'exclusively' breast-fed.
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Completecertaintywill likely never be attainable.
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We hope that there will not only becompletecertaintybut certainty which satisfies us as well.
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Now, unlike other operations, there is almostcompletecertaintythat patients would have died had no donor hearts been available.
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Until the results of this important survey are available, we simply cannot foresee the transport needs of the area withcompletecertainty.
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There is nowcompletecertaintybecause the clauses are valid.
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I understand that one wants to have thecompletecertaintythat, whoever you sue, the debtor is going to get his damages in the end.
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There is no question of buyers of the output: there iscompletecertaintythat, one way or another, it will all be utilised.
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If we ask forcompletecertaintywe shall build no aircraft at all, and other will.
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It settles it independently and withcompletecertainty.
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When one puts a drug into a human being, sometimes against his will, one cannot predict withcompletecertaintywhat will happen.
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As to later years, we acknowledge that future levels of sales cannot be predicted withcompletecertainty.
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It is rather difficult for me to answer this with complete candour or withcompletecertaintyof being accurate.
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We may not be entitled to expectcompletecertaintyin tax law.
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There is nocompletecertaintyabout security in its future.
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I do not see any possibility of any system under which there can becompletecertaintyas to the future.
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Of course, we all understand that when we talk to the public, they instinctively want not so much honesty, butcompletecertaintyin sentencing.
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If we add the words "or anything commonly taken as an indication" we bring in an element of vagueness, whereas if we leave them out we havecompletecertainty.
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Whatever else may be said about import controls, one thing can be said withcompletecertainty—that import controls would do great damage to the developing countries.
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