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assumed
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adjective
(= fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham)
adopted in order to deceive
an assumed name
an assumed cheerfulness
a fictitious address
fictive sympathy
a pretended interest
a put-on childish voice
sham modesty
certainty
Noun
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Certainty is the state of being 100% sure.
It's a little too early to say that with absolute certainty.
The doctor could not say what was wrong with any degree of certainty.
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If something is a certainty, it is sure to happen.
The expected change became a certainty two weeks ago.
We need to accept the certainties of aging, illness, and death.