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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
June 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021. Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF)
List of countries by Human Development Index
List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
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
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
Source of statistical bias
The uncertain geographic context problem or UGCoP is a source of statistical bias that can significantly impact the results of spatial analysis when dealing
Uncertain geographic context problem
Uncertain_geographic_context_problem
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
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
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
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)
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
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
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice
Mahatma_Gandhi
Australian academic
titled "Efficiently and effectively processing probabilistic queries on uncertain data". In 2011 she won an Australian Research Council (ARC) Early Career
Wenjie_Zhang
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
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
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
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
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
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
Benefits provided by intact ecosystems
decisions are usually spatial, always multi-objective, and based on uncertain data, models, and estimates. Often it is the combination of the best science
Ecosystem_service
State in eastern India
the end of the Gupta Empire although details of their ascendancy are uncertain. The first recorded independent king of Bengal was Shashanka, who reigned
West_Bengal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Overview of and topical guide to machine learning
Truncation selection Tucker decomposition UIMA UPGMA Ugly duckling theorem Uncertain data Uniform convergence in probability Unique negative dimension Universal
Outline_of_machine_learning
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 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
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort. Uncertain of how the Prince Consort's widow, Queen Victoria, would take the news
George_VI
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Obtaining information through non-contact sensors
workflows. Analysis-ready data is a form of satellite data which has been pre-processed for immediate data analysis, such as data cubes for time series analysis
Remote_sensing
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
said that "the Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it's uncertain how it has happened". Because of the potential legal
Ali_Khamenei
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
aim of fuzzy Arden syntax is to provide easy method in processing of uncertain data which routinely appears in medicine. New concepts are incorporated into
Arden_syntax
Order of egg-laying mammals
The time when the monotreme line diverged from other mammalian lines is uncertain, but one survey of genetic studies gives an estimate of about 220 million
Monotreme
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
1950–1953 conflict in Korean Peninsula
use of force to help the South Koreans. The Truman administration was uncertain whether the attack was a ploy by the Soviet Union, or just a test of US
Korean_War
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
Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state
over by the King of Italy. In 1870 the pope's holdings were left in an uncertain situation when Rome was annexed by Italian forces, bringing to completion
Vatican_City
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
Neritimorpha of uncertain systematic position Clade †Cyrtoneritimorpha Clade Cycloneritimorpha Clade Caenogastropoda Caenogastropoda of uncertain systematic
Gastropod_classification
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Indra; Loginova, Julia (1 August 2023). "The Russian coal industry in an uncertain world: Finally pivoting to Asia?". Energy Research & Social Science. 102
Economy_of_Russia
Country in Central Europe
Press Release (5 November 2012). "International tourism strong despite uncertain economy". World Tourism Organization UNWTO. Archived from the original
Poland
Country mainly in West Asia
yaklaştığını açıkladı". BBC. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024. "Uncertain Futures: Ukrainian Refugees in Turkey, One Year On". pulitzercenter.org
Turkey
have shown that people are terrible at elementary problems that involve uncertain reasoning. (See list of cognitive biases for several examples). Eleanor
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
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
Country in South Asia
Kathmandu Valley was known as Nepal. The precise origin of the term Nepāl is uncertain. Nepal appears in ancient Indian literary texts dated as far back as the
Nepal
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
Threatened animal list
The Red Data Book of Ukraine, or literally the Red Book of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Червона книга України, romanized: Chervona knyha Ukrainy, IPA: [tʃerˈwɔnɐ
Red_Data_Book_of_Ukraine
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
the National Assembly of Armenia and the formation of a faction remains uncertain. Amongst complaints received through out the day by the CEC, the ruling
2026 Armenian parliamentary election
2026_Armenian_parliamentary_election
Prototype autogyro built in France in 1929
known to have flown after November 1929, and its ultimate fate is now uncertain. Data from Brooks 1988, p.96 General characteristics Crew: 1 pilot Capacity:
Weymann-Lepère_C.18
Clade of reptiles
Saturnalia, and Unaysaurus. The Pebbly Arkose Formation, which is of uncertain age but was likely comparable to the other two, has produced the sauropodomorph
Dinosaur
Probabilistic problem-solving algorithm
for example, deterministic modeling using single-point estimates. Each uncertain variable within a model is assigned a "best guess" estimate. Scenarios
Monte_Carlo_method
Ancient Mesopotamian city-state
Gianni, "Who was Buried in the Royal Tombs of Ur? the Epigraphic and Textual Data", Orientalia (Roma), vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 153-197, 2004 "Iraq's Ancient Past:
Ur
Etzion, Opher; Turchin, Yulia (July 2008). Complex event processing over uncertain data. Distributed Event-Based Systems. Vol. 47. ACM. pp. 253–264. Etzion
Opher_Etzion
Speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum
light in vacuum to be c = 299792456.2±1.1 m/s. This was 100 times less uncertain than the previously accepted value. The remaining uncertainty was mainly
Speed_of_light
Former granite monument in Georgia, US
capsule was buried and was to be opened had not been inscribed, so it was uncertain if the time capsule was ever actually put in place. During the removal
Georgia_Guidestones
Chinese multinational electronics company
plant is located in Lahore. As of July 2022, the future of the plant is uncertain due to the 2021–2023 global supply chain crisis. Xiaomi was described
Xiaomi
Polish computer scientist
Incomplete and Probabilistic Information" (PDF). Managing and Mining Uncertain Data. Advances in Database Systems. Vol. 35. Springer. pp. 1–34. doi:10
Witold_Lipski
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
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The location of Elizabeth's birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen_Elizabeth_the_Queen_Mother
Kyholt identified 9 kings of this line, although the exact order is uncertain. Beckerath included 6 additional names belonging to kings that Ryholt
List_of_pharaohs
Electors of the U.S. president and vice president
appointed, rather than popularly elected, the true national popular vote is uncertain. The electors in 1824 failed to select a winning candidate, so the matter
United States Electoral College
United_States_Electoral_College
Pharmaceutical dosage with ingestible sensor
concerns with respect to who receives the data and what is done with it. Such concerns, along with uncertain economic benefits, have made the broad introduction
Digital_pill
Intense armed conflict
Eurasia and only 18 wars were recorded for period 3000 - 1500 BC worldwide. Data cumulated since the research of Eckhardt, especially for the non-European
War
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Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain deity.
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’.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
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.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Biblical
[uncertain derivation]; olive tree
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian goddess.
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 goddess.
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain Egyptian officer.
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
French
French : nickname from certain ‘certain’, ‘resolute’, a derivative of Old French certise ‘certitude’.English : variant spelling of Sartain, cognate with 1.
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.
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.
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.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Proud
Boy/Male
Persian
Myrtle or bride.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hrishikesh | ஹரஷிகேஷ
One who controls senses
Male
Hebrew
(חִלֵּל) Hebrew name HILLEL means "praising, singing." In the bible, this is the name of the father of judge Abdon.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chandramathi | சஂதà¯à®°à®®à®¤à®¿
As beautiful as the Moon
Female
English
English name derived from Hebrew Shoshannah, SHANNAH means "lily."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Without Sound; Quiet
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Angel
Girl/Female
Muslim
A narrator of Hadith
Female
Hebrew
(×וּדִיָּה) Hebrew name UDIYA means "ember (or fire) of God."
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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.
a.
Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
v. t.
To remove a curtain from; to reveal.
a.
To make uncertain.
n.
A certain number or quantity.
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.
n.
Entertainment.
v. t.
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
adv.
In an uncertain manner.
v. t.
To curtain.
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.
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.
a.
Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
a.
Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
a.
Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
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.
a.
Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
n.
The quality or state of being uncertain.
n.
That which is uncertain; something unknown.
n.
Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.