certain event
An event that contains all of the possible outcomes and thus is known a priori to be…An event that contains all of the possible outcomes and thus is known a priori to be certain to occur;
» The unpredictability of certain events is incredible.
Meaning
2 sensesAn event that contains all of the possible outcomes and thus is known a priori to be certain to occur;
An event that contains all of the possible outcomes and thus is known a priori to be certain to occur; (more formally) the entire sample space (which by definition has measure 1 and probability 1); said sample space with the exclusion of, at most, a set of measure 0 (thus retaining measure 1).
The entire sample space (which by definition has measure 1 and probability 1); said sample space with the exclusion of, at most, a set of measure 0 (thus retaining measure 1).
Examples
3 sentencesThe unpredictability of certain events is incredible.
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
They were established to celebrate a certain event or to tell an age-old legend.
Forms
plural: certain events| Singular | certain event |
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