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US
/ˈdaʊt/
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[ UK /dˈaʊt/ ]
[ UK /dˈaʊt/ ]
NOUN
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uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
the dubiousness of his claim
there is no question about the validity of the enterprise - the state of being unsure of something
VERB
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consider unlikely or have doubts about
I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage -
lack confidence in or have doubts about
I suspect her true motives
she distrusts her stepmother
I doubt these reports
How To Use doubt In A Sentence
- The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
- I don't doubt a lot of signaling is going on but suspect even more mis-signaling. Tyler May Not Agree With Me On Education, But His Inner Economist Does, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- No doubt a couple of sleazoids will appear, maybe even a saboteur.
- Week two, however, was just a killer and has me doubting the talent in a lot of areas that I thought were all set.
- I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
- The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
- No doubt all this is relatively important in its way, but I can't bring myself to get very interested in it.
- There is no doubt that unnecessary complexity can stifle growth. Times, Sunday Times
- Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
- Fans of bibliographies will no doubt linger over page 5 of the guidebook which lists the 17 bibliographies published by the library itself.