the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
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Uncertainness
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
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(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of yielding nothing of value
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.a useful or valuable quality
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of yielding nothing of value
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being brachycephalic
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being brachycephalic
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Analysis and evaluation, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being believable or trustworthy
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That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.Doubt; uncertainty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it";…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "du…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "du…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.Doubt; uncertainty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsettled, doubt, dependent, chance, uncertainty.
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