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Line 2: ===Etymology=== From {{inh\|en\|enm\|uncerteyn}}; equivalent to {{prefix\|en\|un\|certain}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA\|en\|/~~ʌnˈsɜːtən~~ʌnˈsɜːtn̩/\|a=RP}} * {{~~audio~~IPA\|en\|~~en-us-uncertain.ogg~~/ʌnˈsɝtn̩/\|~~Audio (US)~~a=GA}} * {{~~rhymes~~audio\|en\|~~ɜː(r)tən~~en-us-uncertain.ogg\|a=US}} * {{rhymes\|en\|ɜː(ɹ)tən\|s=3}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj\|more\|er\|comp2_qual=rare\|sup2_qual=uncommon}} ~~{{en-adj}}~~ # Not [[certain]]; [[unsure]]. #* {{RQ:Tillotson Works\|sermon=I\|page=20\|passage=Conſider ''man'' without the protection and conduct of a ''ſuperior Being'', and he is ſecure of nothing that he enjoys in this world, and '''uncertain''' of every thing that he hopes for.}} ~~#* {{rfdatek\|en\|John Tillotson}}~~ ~~#: Man, without the protection of a superior Being,{{...}}is '''uncertain''' of everything that he hopes for.~~ # Not [[known]] for [[certain]]; [[questionable]]. #: {{ux\|en\|Tomorrow's weather is '''uncertain'''.}} Line 20: # [[variable\|Variable]] and [[subject]] to [[change]]. # [[fitful\|Fitful]] or [[unsteady]]. # {{RQ:Vance Outsider\|page=382\|column=1\|passage=Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few '''uncertain''' steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.}}▼ ~~#* {{RQ:Vance Nobody\|III}}~~ ▲#: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few '''uncertain''' steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear. # [[unpredictable\|Unpredictable]] or [[capricious]]. # {{RQ:Scott Marmion\|canto=6\|stanza=XXXI\|page=362\|passage=O, woman! in our hours of ease, / '''Uncertain''', coy, and hard to please!, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; {{...}}}} ====Antonyms==== * {{l\|en\|certain}} ====Derived terms==== {{col-auto\|en\|in no uncertain terms}} ====Related terms==== Line 33 ⟶ 35: ====Translations==== {{trans-top\|not known for certain; questionable}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|неопределен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|incert}} * Czech: {{t\|cs\|nejistý}} Line 45 ⟶ 48: * Khmer: {{t\|km\|មិនប្រាកដប្រជា\|tr=min brakadabracha}} * Latin: {{t\|la\|incertus}}, {{t\|la\|ambiguus}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Macedonian: {{t\|mk\|неизвесен}} * Maori: {{t\|mi\|harapuka}}, {{t\|mi\|taupetupetu}}, {{t\|mi\|pōhauhau}}, {{t\|mi\|matawaenga}}, {{t\|mi\|hokirua}}, {{t\|mi\|maunawenawe}} * Ottoman Turkish: {{t\|ota\|بللیسز\|tr=bellisiz}} * Plautdietsch: {{t\|pdt\|onbestemt}} * Polish: {{t+\|pl\|niepewny}}, {{t+\|pl\|nieokreślony}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|incerto}} Line 55 ⟶ 59: * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|incierto}} * Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|osäker}}, {{t+\|sv\|tvivelaktig}} * Thai: {{t\|th\|ไม่แน่นอน\|tr=mâi-nɛ̂ɛ-nɔɔn}}, {{t\|th\|คลุมเคลือ\|tr=klum-krʉʉa}} * Westrobothnian: {{t\|gmq-bot\|missä}}, {{t\|gmq-bot\|otytt}} * Turkish: {{t+\|tr\|şüpheli}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|not yet determined; undecided}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|несигурен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|incert}} * Esperanto: {{t\|eo\|necerta}} Line 67 ⟶ 73: * German: {{t+\|de\|unbestimmt}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|bizonytalan}} * Irish: {{t\|ga\|éiginnte}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Maori: {{t\|mi\|ngākaurua}}, {{t\|mi\|maunawenawe}}, {{t\|mi\|kūraruraru}} * Polish: {{t+\|pl\|niepewny}}, {{t+\|pl\|niezdecydowany}} Line 75 ⟶ 81: * Scottish Gaelic: {{t\|gd\|mì-chinnteach}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|incierto}} * Thai: {{t+\|th\|ลังเล\|tr=lang-lee}} * Turkish: {{t+\|tr\|belirsiz}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|variable and subject to change}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|неустановен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|incert}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|epävarma}} Line 84 ⟶ 93: * German: {{t+\|de\|unbeständig}}, {{t+\|de\|unsicher}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|bizonytalan}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Maori: {{t\|mi\|pāhekeheke}}, {{t\|mi\|ahurangi}}, {{t\|mi\|kumukumu}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|incerto}} Line 93 ⟶ 101: {{trans-top\|fitful or unsteady}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|нестабилен}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|epävarma}}, {{t+\|fi\|epävakaa}} * German: {{t+\|de\|unbeständig}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|bizonytalan}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Romanian: {{t+\|ro\|instabil}}, {{t+\|ro\|neregulat}}, {{t+\|ro\|variabil}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|неусто́йчивый}}, {{t+\|ru\|нестаби́льный}}, {{t+\|ru\|изме́нчивый}}, {{t+\|ru\|непостоя́нный}} * Scottish Gaelic: {{t\|gd\|mì-chinnteach}} * Thai: {{t\|th\|ไม่มั่นคง\|tr=mâi-mân-kong}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|unpredictable or capricious}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|неясен}}, {{t+\|bg\|несигурен}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|arvaamaton}} * Galician: {{t+\|gl\|incerto}} * German: {{t+\|de\|unbeständig}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|bizonytalan}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Romanian: {{t+\|ro\|imprevizibil}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|непредсказу́емый}} Line 114 ⟶ 123: ===Noun=== {{en-~~plural~~ noun\|p}} # {{lb\|en\|with "the"}} Something uncertain. #* ~~'''~~{{quote-book\|en\|year=2011~~''',~~ \|author=John Lyons~~, [~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYhvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91&dq=%22the+certain+is%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjohO2YreXOAhVI8GMKHaIiA-kQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=%22the%20certain%20is%22&f=false \|title=The Phantom of Chance: From Fortune to Randomness in Seventeenth-Century French Literature]\|passage=Thinking about the '''uncertain''' refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the '''uncertain''' is the future and the certain is the present.}} ~~#: Thinking about the '''uncertain''' refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the '''uncertain''' is the future and the certain is the present.~~ ===Anagrams=== {{anagrams\|en\|a=aceinnrtu\|N Centauri\|centaurin\|encurtain\|runcinate}} ~~[[Category:en:Uncertainty]]~~