DOUBT Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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doubt

[ dout ]

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verb (used with object)

to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe:
The police have good reason to doubt his alibi.
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to distrust; regard with suspicion:
I doubted the salesman, so we decided to check with other dealers.
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Archaic. to fear; be apprehensive about.

verb (used without object)

to be uncertain about something; be undecided in opinion or belief:
The priest told me that it was normal to doubt, but encouraged me to nurture my faith.

noun

a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something:
We all had our doubts about your mysterious Canadian girlfriend since no one has ever seen her in person.
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distrust or suspicion:
Voters naturally held some doubt about the abrupt change in policy direction issued by city hall.
a general feeling of uncertainty, worry, or concern: Set your doubts aside, and listen to my business idea with an open mind.
As soon as I'd dropped out of school to become a full-time musician, I was full of doubt鈥攚hat if I鈥檇 made a terrible mistake?
Set your doubts aside, and listen to my business idea with an open mind.
a state of affairs such as to occasion uncertainty.
Obsolete. fear; dread.

doubt

/ 诲补蕣迟 /

noun

uncertainty about the truth, fact, or existence of something (esp in the phrases in doubt, without doubt, beyond a shadow of doubt, etc)
often plural lack of belief in or conviction about something
all his doubts about the project disappeared
an unresolved difficulty, point, etc
philosophy the methodical device, esp in the philosophy of Descartes, of identifying certain knowledge as the residue after rejecting any proposition which might, however improbably, be false
obsolete.
fear
give someone the benefit of the doubt
to presume someone suspected of guilt to be innocent; judge leniently
no doubt
almost certainly

verb

tr; may take a clause as object to be inclined to disbelieve
I doubt we are late
tr to distrust or be suspicious of
he doubted their motives
intr to feel uncertainty or be undecided
tr; may take a clause as object to be inclined to believe
archaic.
tr to fear
I wouldn't doubt someone
I would expect nothing else from someone

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Usage Note

Doubt and doubtful may be followed by a subordinate clause beginning with that, whether, or if: I doubt that (or whether or if ) the story is true. It is doubtful that (or whether or if ) the story is true. There is some doubt that (or whether or if ) the story is true. In negative or interrogative sentences, that almost always introduces the subordinate clause: I do not doubt that the story is true. Is it doubtful that the story is true? Is there any doubt that the story is true? The expressions doubt but and doubt but that occur in all varieties of standard speech and writing: I don't doubt but she is sincere. There is no doubt but that the charges will affect his career. Doubt but what occurs mainly in informal speech and writing: There is no doubt but what the rainy weather will hurt the crops.

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Usage

Where a clause follows doubt in a positive sentence, it was formerly considered correct to use whether ( I doubt whether he will come ), but now if and that are also acceptable. In negative statements, doubt is followed by that: I do not doubt that he is telling the truth. In such sentences, but ( I do not doubt but that he is telling the truth ) is redundant

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Derived Forms

藞诲辞耻产迟补产濒测, adverb
藞诲辞耻产迟颈苍驳濒测, adverb
藞诲辞耻产迟别谤, noun
藞诲辞耻产迟补产濒别, adjective

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

诲辞耻产迟路补路产濒别 adjective
诲辞耻产迟路补路产濒测 adverb
诲辞耻产迟路别谤 noun
诲辞耻产迟路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
诲辞耻产迟路颈苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
non路诲辞耻产迟路补路产濒别 adjective
non路诲辞耻产迟路别谤 noun
苍辞苍路诲辞耻产迟路颈苍驳 adjective
non路诲辞耻产迟路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
辞路惫别谤路诲辞耻产迟 verb (used with object)
辫谤别路诲辞耻产迟 noun verb
pre路诲辞耻产迟路别谤 noun
un路诲辞耻产迟路补路产濒别 adjective
耻苍路诲辞耻产迟路颈苍驳 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of doubt¹

First recorded in 1175鈥�1225; Middle English verb douten, duten, doubten, from Old French douter, doter 鈥渢o doubt, be doubtful,鈥� from Latin 诲耻产颈迟腻谤别 鈥渢o waver, hesitate, be uncertain鈥� (frequentative of Old Latin 诲耻产腻谤别 ), equivalent to dub- 鈥渄oubt鈥� + -it- frequentative suffix + -腻谤别 infinitive suffix; noun derivative of the verb. The -b- first appears between 1420鈥�30 in imitation of Latin dubit-

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of doubt¹

C13: from Old French douter, from Latin 诲耻产颈迟腻谤别

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

beyond a / the shadow of a doubt, with certainty; definitely. Also beyond a doubt, beyond doubt.
in doubt, in a state of uncertainty or suspense:
His appointment to the position is still in doubt.
no doubt,
1. probably.
2. certainly:
  There is no doubt an element of truth in what you say.
without doubt, unquestionably; certainly.

More idioms and phrases containing doubt

see beyond a doubt ; cast doubt on ; give the benefit of the doubt ; no doubt ; shadow of a doubt .

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Example Sentences

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There is little doubt that Journalism was not hurt by Saturday鈥檚 draw.

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"M&S is firing on all cylinders today, but there's no doubt that this is a significant setback".

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"In moments like these, with so many doubts, a defeat would put a great question mark over all the players, and supporters will show anger."

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TV and sponsorship revenue will only increase in the Championship, so there is no doubt Wrexham are well placed at present.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

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