English noun: foregone conclusion |
1. | foregone conclusion (event) an inevitable ending |
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| Synonyms | matter of course |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, finish |
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2. | foregone conclusion (attribute) something that is certain |
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| Samples | His victory is a certainty.
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| Synonyms | certainty, sure thing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cert, indisputability, indubitability, ineluctability, inevitability, inevitableness, moral certainty, predictability, slam dunk, surety, unavoidability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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| Attribute | certain, uncertain |
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| Antonyms | uncertainness, uncertainty, precariousness |
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