uncertainty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: uncertainty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uncertainty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uncertainty n being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income" Synonym(s): uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness Antonym(s): certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thing the state of being unsure of something Synonym(s): doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness Antonym(s): certainty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uncertainty \Uncer"tainty\, n.; pl. {Uncertainties}. 1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. --L'Estrange.