'certain of the outcome' is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means having no doubt about the outcome or result of a situation. Example: She was certain of the outcome of the game, as her team had been undefeated all season.
"And I do feel that he's never certain of the outcome.
He must also radiate confidence, even when he himself is not too certain of the outcome".
Although teams may approach Bryant with the expectation that he is likely to be acquitted, they, of course, cannot be certain of the outcome of a trial.
Before every horse race, the stands are filled with people as certain of the outcome as you are, and yet many turn out to be wrong.
But until the fall of Port Stanley 74 days later – 14 June – it dominated events, with no one quite certain of the outcome until close to the end.
"You don't start lobbying for investment in a specific scheme when it has not been selected unless you are absolutely certain of the outcome," said committee member Caroline Pidgeon after the hearing.
For more than a month, Republicans have been trying to bring a budget bill to a vote, but competition between moderates and conservatives has prevented the leadership from being certain enough of the outcome to move forward.
They were caught in the unsettling situation of being certain about the outcome of their disease, but uncertain about the timing and rapidity of progression.
Nonetheless, to a certain extent, the outcome of surgery is determined by the proficiency of the surgeon, regardless of surgical technique he or she chooses.
Colson was not certain what the outcome of her investment would be, wondering if the early success of the bars was because the women in Milk & Cookies knew her and saw her every week.
Our study has several limitations, including the retrospective study design and selection bias that may have occurred; physicians and family members of patients with premortem diagnostic uncertainty would have been more likely to pursue an autopsy than in cases in which all parties were certain of the diagnoses and the outcome was predictable.
