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1 certainty
(a) (conviction) certitude f, conviction f;∎ I cannot say with any certainty when I shall arrive je ne peux pas dire exactement à quelle heure j'arriverai;∎ we can have no certainty of success nous ne sommes pas sûrs de réussir;∎ moral certainty certitude morale∎ for a certainty à coup sûr, sans aucun doute;∎ I know for a certainty that he's leaving je sais à coup sûr qu'il part;∎ their victory is now a certainty leur victoire est maintenant assurée ou ne fait aucun doute;∎ it's an absolute certainty c'est une chose certaine, c'est une certitude absolue -
2 moral
moral, US [transcription]["mO ;r\@l"]A n morale f ; the moral is that la morale c'est que ; to draw a moral from sth tirer la leçon de qch.1 ( habits) mœurs fpl ; public morals mœurs publiques ; a person of loose morals une personne de mœurs faciles or légères ;C adj ( all contexts) moral ; on moral grounds pour des raisons morales ; moral certainty certitude f morale ; moral support soutien m moral ; to take the moral high ground prendre une position moraliste. -
3 certainty
1 ( sure thing) certitude f (about quant à) ; moral certainties certitudes morales ; for a certainty à coup sûr ; it's by no means a certainty ce n'est pas du tout sûr (that que + subj) ; this candidate is a certainty for election ce candidat est sûr d'être élu, ce candidat est une valeur sûre pour les élections ; she is a certainty to play at next weeks's concert elle est sûre de jouer au concert la semaine prochaine ;2 ¢ ( guarantee) certitude f (of de) ; we have no certainty of success nous ne sommes pas certains de réussir ; we cannot say with any certainty whether he will recover nous ne pouvons dire avec certitude s'il va se rétablir.
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