uncertainty

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  2. (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
  3. (uncountable) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
Etymology

In summary

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

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