- doubt
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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)
▪ religiousVERB + 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)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}There is little doubt the documents are fake.
verbADVERB▪ 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: ↑scepticDoubt 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
