English-Thai Dictionary

uncertainty

N ความ ไม่ มั่นใจ (ต่อ เหตุการณ์  ชะตา ชีวิต  ฯลฯ  ความรู้สึก ไม่แน่ใจ  ความรู้สึก ไม่มั่นคง  hesitation irresolution indecision ambivalence certainty kwam-mai-man-jai

 

uncertainty

N ความไม่แน่นอน  unpredictability indeterminacy indefiniteness certainty kwam-mai-nae-non

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCERTAINTY

n. 1. doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty.
2. Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words.
3. Contingency.
Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties.
4. Something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNCERTAINTY

Un *cer "tain *ty, 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

uncertainty

un cer tain ty |ˌənˈsərtntē ˌənˈsərtnti | ▶noun ( pl. uncertainties ) the state of being uncertain: times of uncertainty and danger. • (usu. uncertainties ) something that is uncertain or that causes one to feel uncertain: financial uncertainties.

 

uncertainty principle

un cer tain ty prin ci ple ▶noun Physics the principle that the momentum and position of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time.

 

Oxford Dictionary

uncertainty

un |cer ¦tainty |ʌnˈsəːt (ə )nti, -tɪnti | ▶noun ( pl. uncertainties ) [ mass noun ] the state of being uncertain: times of uncertainty and danger. • [ count noun ] (usu. uncertainties ) something that is uncertain or that causes one to feel uncertain: financial uncertainties.

 

uncertainty principle

un |cer ¦tainty prin |ciple ▶noun Physics the principle that the momentum and position of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

uncertainty

uncertainty noun 1 the uncertainty of the stock market: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, precariousness, changeability, variability, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice. ANTONYMS predictability. 2 uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale: doubt, lack of certainty, indecision, irresolution, hesitancy, unsureness, doubtfulness, wavering, vacillation, equivocation, vagueness, haziness, ambivalence, lack of conviction, disquiet, wariness, chariness, leeriness, skepticism; queries, questions; formal dubiety. 3 she pushed the anxious uncertainties out of her mind: doubt, qualm, misgiving, apprehension, quandary, reservation, scruple, second thought, query, question, question mark, suspicion. 4 there was uncertainty in his voice: hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness, unsureness, lack of confidence, diffidence, doubtfulness, doubt. ANTONYMS confidence. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, skepticism If you're not sure about something, you're probably experiencing a degree of uncertainty, which is a general term covering everything from a mere lack of absolute certainty (uncertainty about the time of the dinner party ) to an almost complete lack of knowledge that makes it impossible to do more than guess at the result or outcome (uncertainty about the country's future ). Doubt implies both uncertainty and an inability to make a decision because the evidence is insufficient (considerable doubt as to her innocence ). Dubiety comes closer in meaning to uncertainty than to doubt, because it stresses a lack of sureness rather than an inability to reach a decision; but unlike uncertainty, it connotes wavering or fluctuating between one conclusion and another (no one could fail to notice the dubiety in his voice ). If you exhibit skepticism, you are not so much uncertain as unwilling to believe. It usually refers to an habitual state of mind or to a customary reaction (she always listened to his excuses with skepticism ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

uncertainty

uncertainty noun 1 the uncertainty of the future: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, precariousness, unsureness; changeability, changeableness, variability, inconstancy, fitfulness, fickleness. ANTONYMS certainty, predictability. 2 uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale: unsureness, lack of certainty, indecision, irresolution, hesitancy, doubt, doubtfulness, wavering, vacillation, equivocation, vagueness, ambivalence, lack of conviction, disquiet, disquietude, wariness, chariness, scepticism; queries, questions; rare dubiety, incertitude. ANTONYMS certainty. 3 she pushed the anxious uncertainties out of her mind: doubt, qualm, misgiving, apprehension, quandary, dilemma, reservation, niggle, scruple, second thought, query, question, question mark, suspicion. 4 there was uncertainty in his voice: hesitancy, tentativeness, unsureness, lack of confidence, diffidence, doubtfulness, doubt. ANTONYMS confidence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

uncertainty

un cer tain ty /ʌ̀nsə́ː r t (ə )nti /→uncertain 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U «…についての » 不確実性 ; 半信半疑, あいまいさ ; 変わりやすさ «about , of » (↔certainty )▸ be in a state of uncertainty あやふやな状態である ▸ the uncertainty of everyday life 日常生活のあいまい性 2 C 〖しばしばthe -ties 〗はっきりしないこと ; 当てにならないこと [物 ], 確信の持てないこと ▸ the uncertainties of life 人生の無常 ～́ pr ì nciple 〘物理 〙不確定性原理 .