doubt

doubt
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noun
ADJECTIVE
considerable, grave, real, serious, severe
slight

Without the slightest doubt this is a remarkable exhibition.

gnawing, lingering, nagging, niggling
growing, increasing
personal, private

He made clear his own private doubts about it.

reasonable

We have established beyond all reasonable doubt that the painting was indeed by Rembrandt.

It is almost impossible to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. (esp. BrE)

It is almost impossible to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (esp. AmE)

religious
VERB + DOUBT
raise

His failure to appear raises serious doubts as to his reliability.

entertain, feel, harbour/harbor, have

She still felt the same niggling doubt: was he really telling the truth?

express, voice
clear up, dispel, erase (esp. AmE), remove, resolve

The announcement dispelled any doubts as to the prince's intentions.

cast, throw

Her record of dismissals casts doubt on her ability to hold down a job.

call sth into, throw sth into

The proposed development has been thrown into doubt by the decision.

be open to

Their honesty is open to doubt.

DOUBT + VERB
appear, arise

Doubts have arisen over the viability of the schedule.

exist

Considerable doubt exists as to the precise origin of this custom.

persist, remain
surround sth

From the start, doubts surrounded her claim to be the missing heiress.

PREPOSITION
beyond doubt, beyond a doubt, beyond all doubt, beyond any doubt

The evidence proves beyond doubt that he is innocent.

in doubt

The arrangements for the event still seemed to be in doubt.

If in doubt, consult your doctor.

without doubt, without a doubt

She is without a doubt the best player I know.

doubt about, doubt over

Some committee members still had doubts about the plans.

doubt in

There is no doubt in my mind that this man is Tom.

PHRASES
beyond a shadow of (a) doubt, without a shadow of (a) doubt

This proves without a shadow of doubt that we were right.

have your doubts about sth

They say they'll be here on time, but I have my doubts about that.

leave no, little, some, etc. doubt

She leaves no doubt as to her view of Picasso's work.

there is little doubt (that)

There is little doubt the documents are fake.

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verb
ADVERB
highly (esp. AmE), seriously, very much

I never seriously doubted his story.

privately

Lee privately doubted the truth of this statement.

PHRASES
not doubt sth for a moment, second, etc.

I didn't doubt for a second that she was telling the truth.

Doubt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑sceptic
Doubt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑accuracy, ↑authenticity, ↑correctness, ↑existence, ↑feasibility, ↑importance, ↑judgement, ↑love, ↑loyalty, ↑reliability, ↑sanity, ↑sincerity, ↑suitability, ↑truth, ↑validity, ↑wisdom, ↑word, ↑worth

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  • Doubt — • A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Doubt     Doubt      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • doubt — doubt·able; doubt·er; doubt·ful·ly; doubt·ful·ness; doubt·ing·ly; doubt·ing·ness; doubt·less·ness; doubt·some; re·doubt·able; re·doubt·ably; re·doubt·ed; un·doubt·ed·ly; un·doubt·ing·ly; doubt; doubt·ful; doubt·less; mis·doubt; re·doubt;… …   English syllables

  • doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …   Law dictionary

  • Doubt — Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See {Doubt}, v. i.] 1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Doubt — Doubt, v. t. 1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — verb. 1. I doubt whether he ll come and I doubt if he ll come are the standard constructions when doubt is used in the affirmative to mean ‘think it unlikely’. When doubt is used in the negative to mean ‘think it likely’, a that clause is normal …   Modern English usage

  • doubt — (v.) early 13c., to dread, fear, from O.Fr. doter doubt, be doubtful; be afraid, from L. dubitare to doubt, question, hesitate, waver in opinion (related to dubius uncertain; see DUBIOUS (Cf. dubious)), originally to have to choose between two… …   Etymology dictionary

  • doubt — [dout] vi. [ME douten < OFr douter < L dubitare, to waver in opinion < dubius, DUBIOUS; b reintroduced, after L, in 16th c.] 1. to be uncertain in opinion or belief; be undecided 2. to be inclined to disbelief 3. Archaic to hesitate vt.… …   English World dictionary

  • Doubt — (dout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doubted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See {Dubious}.] 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — ► NOUN ▪ a feeling of uncertainty. ► VERB 1) feel uncertain about. 2) question the truth of. ● no doubt Cf. ↑no doubt DERIVATIVES doubter …   English terms dictionary

  • doubt — [n] lack of faith, conviction; questioning agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy,… …   New thesaurus

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