| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cer·ti·tude |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sûr t -t d , -tyd |
| NOUN: | 1. The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence. 2. Sureness of occurrence or result; inevitability. 3. Something that is assured or unfailing: “eager to swap the hazards of American freedom for the gray certitudes of Soviet life” (Time). See synonyms at certainty. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin certit d , from Latin certus, certain. See certain.
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