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science, uncertain data is data that contains noise that makes it deviate from the correct, intended or original values. In the age of big data, uncertainty
Uncertain_data
Type of database
Uncertain databases make it possible to explicitly represent and manage uncertainty on the data, usually in a succinct way. At the basis of uncertain
Uncertain_database
City in Texas, United States
"2020 Race and Population Totals". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2022. "City of Uncertain Texas". City of Uncertain Texas. Archived from the original
Uncertain,_Texas
Process to evaluate alternative hypotheses
from uncertain data remains the goal of researchers, tool-builders, and analysts in industry, academia and government. Their domains include data mining
Analysis of competing hypotheses
Analysis_of_competing_hypotheses
Study of database design and use
spatial databases, real-time databases, managing uncertain data and probabilistic databases, and Web data. Most research work has traditionally been based
Database_theory
Field of study in computer science and biology
processing complex information as brains can deal with fewer and more uncertain data, perform both sequential and parallel processing, being highly heterogenous
Organoid_intelligence
American software company (1976–2018)
data on I.B.M. mainframes. "uncertain". Software Digest. Vol. 6, no. uncertain. EDP News Service. 1974. pp. 4, 11. "uncertain". Vol. 5, no. uncertain
Computer_Associates
Source of statistical bias
in 2012. The uncertain geographic context problem is a source of statistical bias that can affect the results of spatial analysis when data is grouped by
Uncertain geographic context problem
Uncertain_geographic_context_problem
in 2000. Suciu does research in data management, with an emphasis on Web data management and managing uncertain data. He is a co-author of an influential
Dan_Suciu
Situation where the biological father is not who it was presumed to be
(July 26, 2011). "The fatherhood myth: Michael Gilding unravels the uncertain data about mistaken paternity". The inside story. Retrieved November 10,
Non-paternity_event
Situations involving imperfect or unknown information
science, and in particular data management, uncertain data is commonplace and can be modeled and stored within an uncertain database. In optimization,
Uncertainty
Data mining framework
for data visualization, apart from the usual additions of algorithms and index structures. Version 0.7 (August 2015) adds support for uncertain data types
ELKI
State of qualitative or quantitative pieces of information
Data quality refers to the state of qualitative or quantitative pieces of information. There are many definitions of data quality, but data is generally
Data_quality
Genetic variant of unknown significance
A variant of uncertain (or unknown) significance (VUS) is a genetic variant that has been identified through genetic testing but whose significance to
Variant of uncertain significance
Variant_of_uncertain_significance
Openly accessible data
open data increases the rate of scientific discovery. Gomes Dylan G. E. 2025 How will we prepare for an uncertain future? The value of open data and code
Open_data
Framework for modeling optimization problems that involve uncertainty
"here-and-now" decision x {\displaystyle x} before the realization of the uncertain data ξ {\displaystyle \xi } , viewed as a random vector, is known. At the
Stochastic_programming
Country in South Asia
of the earliest hymns are more uncertain. Other 'cumulative evidence' sets a wide range of 1700–1100. The World Bank data lists the total area of Pakistan
Pakistan
Density-based data clustering algorithm
methods for parallelization, parameter estimation, and support for uncertain data. The basic idea has been extended to hierarchical clustering by the
DBSCAN
Intelligence of machines
By the late 1980s and 1990s, methods were developed for dealing with uncertain or incomplete information, employing concepts from probability and economics
Artificial_intelligence
Facts provided or learned about something or someone
occurrence. Information theory takes advantage of this by concluding that more uncertain events require more information to resolve their uncertainty. The bit
Information
Neritimorpha of uncertain systematic position Clade †Cyrtoneritimorpha Clade Cycloneritimorpha Clade Caenogastropoda Caenogastropoda of uncertain systematic
Gastropod_classification
Taxonomic database
inquirendum or temporary name, and 121,917 as "uncertain" (unassessed for taxonomic status at this time). The data originate from a range of (frequently domain-specific)
Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera
countries, a subnational HDI (SHDI) featuring data for more than 1,600 regions was introduced in 2018 by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University in the Netherlands
List of countries by Human Development Index
List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
List of probabilistic data structures for databases
databases contain data whose correctness is uncertain. In order to work with such data, there is a need to quantify the integrity of the data. This is achieved
Probabilistic_database
Country in Oceania
bridges and short sea crossings from what is now Southeast Asia. It is uncertain how many waves of immigration may have contributed to these ancestors
Australia
Retrieved June 24, 2026. "June 2026 National Poll: Voters Pessimistic or Uncertain about Future of the US". Emerson College Polling. June 11, 2026. Retrieved
2026_United_States_elections
Country in Southern and Western Europe
Republic and the Roman Empire. The etymology of the term Hispania remains uncertain. The Phoenicians referred to the region as i-shphan-im, possibly meaning
Spain
Country in Central and Southeast Europe
Alternate forms are Khoróatos and Khoroúathos). The origin of the ethnonym is uncertain, but most probably is from Proto-Ossetian / Alanian *xurvæt- or *xurvāt-
Croatia
Country in North Africa
Machine "Morocco's Truth Commission: Honoring Past Victims during an Uncertain Present: V. Constraints on the ERC". hrw.org. Archived from the original
Morocco
Subset of artificial intelligence
development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalize to unseen data, and thus perform tasks without being explicitly programmed
Machine_learning
Demographic survey in the United States
Singleton, Alex (September 3, 2015). "Studying Neighborhoods Using Uncertain Data from the American Community Survey: A Contextual Approach". Annals of
American_Community_Survey
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
goal by 2060 or sooner. The transition is slowed by coal dependence, uncertain regulations, PLN's financial position, grid limits, and the cost of electrifying
Indonesia
Country in Northwestern Europe
French fries (despite the name, although their exact place of origin is uncertain), Flemish Carbonade (a beef stew with beer, mustard and bay laurel), speculaas
Belgium
Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010. Hardt, John Pearce (2003). Russia's Uncertain Economic Future: With a Comprehensive Subject Index. M.E. Sharpe. p. 233
Soviet_Union
Statement about a future event
disciplines ascribe different connotations. Future events are necessarily uncertain, so guaranteed accurate information about the future is impossible. Prediction
Prediction
Country primarily in Western Europe
freemen in contrast to servants or slaves. The etymology of *Frank is uncertain. It is traditionally derived from the Proto-Germanic word *frankōn, which
France
American aerospace engineer
techniques in this application, which combine the protection against uncertain data or modeling errors of robust control with the fast estimation provided
Irene_Gregory
Hospital and academic medical center in New York City
] The photograph is archived here. "uncertain". Data Processor. Vol. 8–9, no. uncertain. IBM. 1965. p. uncertain. Meanwhile, in New York City, Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)
Mount_Sinai_Hospital_(Manhattan)
version space learning algorithm for noisy and uncertain data". IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 9 (2): 336–340. doi:10.1109/69.591457
Version_space_learning
Change of statistical properties over time
predictive analytics, data science, machine learning and related fields, concept drift or drift is an evolution of data that invalidates the data model. It happens
Concept_drift
Island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018. "Dutch Caribbean Refineries On Uncertain Path – Carib Flame". Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved
Curaçao
Software product released in 1969
55. "uncertain". Modern Data Systems. Vol. 2, no. uncertain. 1969. p. 102. "uncertain". Data Management (Advertisement). Vol. 7, no. uncertain. 1969
The Librarian (version control system)
The_Librarian_(version_control_system)
Domesticated species of canid
The questions of when and where dogs were first domesticated remains uncertain. Genetic studies suggest a domestication process commencing over 25,000
Dog
Principal protocol used to stream data across an IP network
performance. This feature may cause packet analyzers that are unaware or uncertain about the use of checksum offload to report invalid checksums in outbound
Transmission_Control_Protocol
Website providing torrent files and magnet links
19 December 2013. Kravets, David (31 January 2008). "Pirate Bay Future Uncertain After Operators Busted". Wired.com Blogs. Threat Level. Archived from
The_Pirate_Bay
2014 aircraft disappearance
due to fuel exhaustion. The exact time and location of the crash remain uncertain, however, using the aircraft's final communication (the log-on acknowledgement)
Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
Short-term state of the atmosphere
chapter 'Climate and weather discourse in anthropology: from determinism to uncertain futures' by Nicholas Peterson & Kenneth Broad. Archived (PDF) from the
Weather
Business management method
missing and uncertain data, both in terms of acuteness of definition and their absolute total numbers with respect to analytic s and data-mining tasks
Design_for_Six_Sigma
System to capture, manage, and present geographic data
software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data. Much of this often happens within a spatial database; however, this is not
Geographic_information_system
Extension of the Web to facilitate data exchange
of the Semantic Web is to make Internet data machine-readable. To enable the encoding of semantics with the data, technologies such as Resource Description
Semantic_Web
1999 film by John Lasseter
$100 million in profits. Initially, everything regarding Toy Story 2 was uncertain: whether stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would be available and affordable
Toy_Story_2
Psychological sensation and phenomenon
recollection—the time, place, and context of the "previous" experience are uncertain or impossible. Approximately two-thirds of surveyed populations report
Déjà_vu
Decentralized social networking protocol
work with microblogging services, with little flexibility to the types of data that it could hold. The standard was first published by the World Wide Web
ActivityPub
Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects
processing ability, software, and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks
Internet_of_things
Country in Southern Africa
Syngenta. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2025. "SA agriculture in an uncertain global trade environment - SA Grain". 2 July 2025. Retrieved 15 December
South_Africa
because the MMSE estimate is typically undesirable when target identity is uncertain. Variants of the JPDAF algorithm have been made that try to avoid track
Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter
Joint_Probabilistic_Data_Association_Filter
Distinction between nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio variables
doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02645.x. Luce, R. D. (2000). Utility of uncertain gains and losses: measurement theoretic and experimental approaches. Mahwah
Level_of_measurement
Means by which a person dies by suicide
effective place for dying by jumping from. The efficacy of signage is uncertain, and may depend on whether the wording is simple and appropriate. A fatal
Suicide_methods
Galaxy containing the Solar System
II regions and molecular clouds. The Milky Way's spiral structure is uncertain, and there is currently no consensus on the nature of its arms. Perfect
Milky_Way
Ongoing theorised stock market bubble
Maria (August 30, 2025). "AI and Nvidia have been bright spots in an uncertain economy, but there are doubts now". NPR. Archived from the original on
AI_bubble
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
death of his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Uncertain of how the Prince Consort's widow, Queen Victoria, would take the news
George_VI
Country in Southeastern Europe and West Asia
yaklaştığını açıkladı". BBC. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024. "Uncertain Futures: Ukrainian Refugees in Turkey, One Year On". pulitzercenter.org
Turkey
Species of beaked whale
species' IUCN Red List conservation status is "Data Deficient (DD)" due to lack of information and uncertain data. NMNZ 546 – 1872; Pitt Island specimen, apparently
Spade-toothed_whale
Indication of the chance of extinction
ambiguous or uncertain ranks including inexact numeric ranks (e.g. G2?), and range ranks (e.g. G2G3) for when the exact rank is uncertain. NatureServe
Conservation_status
International standards for dates and times
covering the worldwide exchange and communication of date and time-related data. It is maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
ISO_8601
project is still uncertain. GI partners sought to build a new AI data center in Santa Clara, California, which is already home to many data centers, by acquiring
Opposition_to_AI_data_centers
Search for a missing Boeing 777 in the southern Indian Ocean
several of these zones, making debris drift prediction uncertain. Satellite oceanographic data obtained by the CSIRO team revealed that in early March
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
significant implementation risks and its long-term effectiveness remains uncertain. The United States is the primary customer and financial backer, with
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
Withdrawal of the UK from the EU
Brexit on the UK economy and living standards "appears to be negative but uncertain". According to the Office for Budget Responsibility, the new trade agreement
Brexit
Prison in Tallinn, Estonia
were brought from France to Patarei in May 1944 (Convoy 73). Despite uncertain data, it is likely that executions of persons detained in Patarei were carried
Patarei_Prison
Using mathematical models to understand infectious disease transmission
"Kinetic Modelling of Epidemic Dynamics: Social Contacts, Control with Uncertain Data, and Multiscale Spatial Dynamics". Predicting Pandemics in a Globally
Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases
Mathematical_modelling_of_infectious_diseases
Canadian-Egyptian computer scientist (born 1973)
database systems and data science, with emphasis on data quality, data cleaning, managing uncertain data, machine learning for data curation, and rank-aware
Ihab_Ilyas
Island country in Southern Europe
from Latinised or Doric forms of the ancient Greek Melítē (Μελίτη), of uncertain origin. The name Melítē—shared by the Croatian island Mljet in antiquity—literally
Malta
will be changed to "Lean" and "Likely". As well, "tossup" is labeled "uncertain", but for the purposes of this page it will be labeled "tossup". Republican
2026 United States Senate elections
2026_United_States_Senate_elections
Gabrielle (September 2020). "Ranked choice voting for president still uncertain following court ruling". News Center Maine. Archived from the original
2020 United States presidential election
2020_United_States_presidential_election
Historical semi-nomadic Turkic ethnic group
Turkic-speaking peoples, the precise origins and nature of the Khazars are uncertain, since there is no surviving record in the Khazar language and the state
Khazars
is calculated using data only from days when the benchmark (for example S&P 500 Index) has gone up. Upside risk focuses on uncertain positive returns rather
Upside_risk
Software to model changes of land use
Petrova. (2010). Assessing a predictive model of land change using uncertain data. Environmental Modeling & Software 25(3): 299–309. Pontius Jr, Robert
GeoMod
Country in Southeast Asia
Mranma or Mramma, an ethnonym for the majority Burman ethnic group, of uncertain etymology. The terms are also popularly thought to derive from Sanskrit
Myanmar
Global climate phenomenon
variability phenomena. Future trends in ENSO due to climate change are uncertain, although climate change exacerbates the effects of droughts and floods
El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
Genus of legumes
sources treat Amorpha crenulata as a synonym (variety) of Amorpha herbacea. Data related to Amorpha at Wikispecies Media related to Amorpha (Fabaceae) at
Amorpha
Country in South America
rankings of the World Happiness Report. The origin of the name Paraguay is uncertain. One version postulates the name takes from Guaraní paraguá "feather crown"
Paraguay
Cohort born from 1997 to 2012
Igielnik, Ruth (May 14, 2020). "On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far". Pew Research Center. Retrieved
Generation_Z
Political party in the United Kingdom
"Sir John Curtice: Greens' win means future of British politics is more uncertain than ever". BBC News. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026. "Local
Labour_Party_(UK)
Country in Central America
and Non-Aligned Movement. The exact origin of the name "Panama" remains uncertain, with several theories proposed. Sterculia apetala (Panama tree): One
Panama
Country in Eastern Europe
millennium. The establishment of the state of Kievan Rus' remains obscure and uncertain. The state included much of present-day Ukraine, Belarus and the western
Ukraine
Periodic comet
Halley, Haly, Hawley, and Hawly, so its contemporary pronunciation is uncertain, but the version rhyming with valley seems to be preferred by modern bearers
Halley's_Comet
Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)
Alighiero soon married again, to Lapa di Chiarissimo Cialuffi. It is uncertain whether he really married her, since widowers were socially limited in
Dante_Alighieri
Number
the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. By AD 150, Ptolemy, influenced by Hipparchus and
0
Yellow citrus fruit
lemon is a hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange. Its origins are uncertain, but some evidence suggests lemons originated during the 1st millennium
Lemon
Country in Central Europe
Press Release (5 November 2012). "International tourism strong despite uncertain economy". World Tourism Organization UNWTO. Archived from the original
Poland
Condition involving social and behavioral differences
while their effect on restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) is uncertain. Similarly, teacher-implemented interventions that combine naturalistic
Autism
Mental distress due to gender incongruence
improve" mental health, albeit long-term physical safety outcomes remain uncertain. According to the American Psychiatric Association, "Due to the dynamic
Gender_dysphoria
American multinational technology company
develops, sells, repairs, and supports personal computers (PCs), servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals including
Dell
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
Love: The New York Crusade (2005) The Journey: How to Live by Faith in an Uncertain World (2006) Wisdom for Each Day (2008) Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and
Billy_Graham
Tribe of mammals
Caprinae, but the status of the Tibetan gazelle in this subfamily remains uncertain. Data gathered in the 1990s on cytochrome b and small portions of 12S and
Saigini
Japanese-British writer and Nobel Laureate (born 1954)
have lived, so that's a terrific commendation. The world is in a very uncertain moment and I would hope all the Nobel Prizes would be a force for something
Kazuo_Ishiguro
enemy suddenly becomes more powerful in some way. The term's origin is uncertain, possibly from programmed random occurrence, process, or procedure. procedural
Glossary_of_video_game_terms
Star at the centre of the Solar System
suffered the same fate. However, this outcome remains uncertain as the Sun's total mass loss is uncertain. The Earth may survive the engulfment. By the time
Sun
Special administrative region of China
itself as a global financial centre and shipping hub. The colony faced an uncertain future as the end of the New Territories lease approached, and Governor
Hong_Kong
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Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : nickname from certain ‘certain’, ‘resolute’, a derivative of Old French certise ‘certitude’.English : variant spelling of Sartain, cognate with 1.
Biblical
[uncertain derivation]; olive tree
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin.
English of uncertain origin. : of uncertain origin. Reaney and Wilson cite 13th- and 14th-century examples such as Richard Averil, which they associate with the name of the month (see April; the Old French word Avrill was taken into Middle English as Averil before being altered under Latin influence to April).English of uncertain origin. : As a North American surname, it may be a habitational name from Haverhill in Suffolk, which is probably named from Old English hafri ‘oats’ + hyll ‘hill’. The traditional English pronunciation of this place name was Have-rill. Compare Avery.English of uncertain origin. : William Averill (c.1590–1635) brought his family from Worcestershire, England, to VA in 1635.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain deity.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish of uncertain origin
English and Irish of uncertain origin : of uncertain origin: perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel, used of an animal which pulls on the reins, a derivative of tirer ‘to pull’.English and Irish of uncertain origin : Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold, Old Norse Thorvaldr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + valdr ‘rule’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent) of uncertain derivation
English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : of uncertain derivation: it could be a topographic name for someone living in an area planted with bushes, French bussière, or a habitational name from any of various minor places in Essex, perhaps named with this word.English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : alternatively it may be a nickname for a heavy drinker, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouse(n) ‘to drink’, ‘to booze’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«sen) or Middle English bous, boos ‘intoxicating drink’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«se).English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : lastly, it could be an occupational name for a stockman, from a derivative of Middle English bos(e), buse ‘stall for livestock’, ‘cowstall’, ‘manger’ (from Old English bÅs).
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain deity.
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian officer.
Surname or Lastname
English of much discussed but uncertain origin.
English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : of much discussed but uncertain origin. It may be from a medieval personal name, but if so the form is unclear.English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : Alternatively, it may be a nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Middle English bar(r)et(t)e, bar(r)at ‘trouble’, ‘strife’, ‘deception’, ‘cheating’ (Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to haggle’). It is possible that the original sense of barat survived unrecorded into Middle English as a word for a market trader; the Italian cognate Baratta has this sense. It could also be a nickname or metonymic occupational name from Old French barette ‘cap’, ‘bonnet’.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian goddess.
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin.
English of uncertain origin. : of uncertain origin. Perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived near a fig tree, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold figs, from Old French figue (Latin ficus).English of uncertain origin. : Reaney has it as a variant of Fitch.English of uncertain origin. : It may also be from an unidentified personal name.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian goddess.
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin; possibly
English of uncertain origin; possibly : of uncertain origin; possibly: habitational name from an unidentified place named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + ēg ‘island’ or (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.English of uncertain origin; possibly : nickname for someone with unusually pale eyes, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + eye ‘eye’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation;
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : of uncertain derivation; perhaps from a reduced form of the personal name Dominicus (see Dominick).English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : alternatively, as Reaney proposes, it may be from the Breton personal name Menguy, a compound of men ‘stone’ + ki ‘dog’.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
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Biblical
strong one
Boy/Male
Tamil
Of exalted victory
Girl/Female
Arabic
Friendly; Calm; Kind; Helpful; Sweet and Generous
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Most Merciful (Allah)
Boy/Male
Gaelic American Celtic Irish French Latin
Servant.
Girl/Female
Hindu
To start
Boy/Male
Tamil
Devarsi | தேவரà¯à®¸à¯€
Teacher of the God, Sage of the devas
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kathy, KATHIE means "pure."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Famed
Biblical
there is God;
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v. t.
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
v. t.
To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.
a.
Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
v. t.
To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
a.
To make uncertain.
n.
Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.
v. t.
To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
n.
That which is uncertain; something unknown.
v. t.
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
n.
The quality or state of being uncertain.
a.
Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
a.
Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
n.
A certain number or quantity.
adv.
In an uncertain manner.
v. t.
To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.
v. t.
To remove a curtain from; to reveal.
a.
Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
v. t.
To curtain.
n.
Entertainment.
a.
Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.