15 English Phrases for Certainty and Probability

  1. I’m absolutely sure.
  2. I’m positive that…
  3. I have no doubt that…
  4. I’m a hundred percent certain.
  5. I’m convinced that…
  6. Chances are that…
    (= this will probably happen)
  7. Odds are that…
    (= this will probably happen)
  8. I seriously doubt it.
  9. I don’t think so.
  10. Probably not.
  11. It’s not very likely.
  12. There’s not much chance of that.
  13. I’d be very surprised if that happened.
  14. I wouldn’t bet on it.
    (= there’s a small chance it could happen… but it probably won’t happen)
  15. That’ll never happen.

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