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uncertainty

nomattesté dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//ʌnˈsɜːtənti//
  • Canada//ʌnˈsɝtənti//
  • Australie//ɐnˈsɜːtənti//
  • Nouvelle-Zélande//ɐnˈsøːtənti//

Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

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  1. 1

    Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

    “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.

    After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage

    Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.

    It's a full circle. Over the past 43 years, RAIL has reported on how the railways have gone from uncertainty under government control to sectorisation, privatisation, and back to uncertainty under government control.

  2. 2

    Something uncertain or ambiguous.

  3. 3

    A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Étymologie

From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.

Formes

pluriel
uncertainties
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