[ US /ˈdaʊt/ ]
[ UK /dˈa‍ʊt/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. the state of being unsure of something
VERB
  1. consider unlikely or have doubts about
    I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage
  2. 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
  • Week two, however, was just a killer and has me doubting the talent in a lot of areas that I thought were all set.
  • No doubt a couple of sleazoids will appear, maybe even a saboteur.
  • 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.
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