What does doubt mean?
Definitions for doubt
daʊtdoubt
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Princeton's WordNet
doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness(noun)
the state of being unsure of something
doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question(verb)
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"
doubt(verb)
consider unlikely or have doubts about
"I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
doubt(verb)
lack confidence in or have doubts about
"I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
Webster Dictionary
Doubt(verb)
to waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined
Doubt(verb)
to suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive
Doubt(verb)
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
Doubt(verb)
to suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of
Doubt(verb)
to fill with fear; to affright
Doubt(verb)
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, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation
Doubt(verb)
uncertainty of condition
Doubt(verb)
suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread
Doubt(verb)
difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection
Freebase
Doubt
Doubt, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived "reality", and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them. The concept of doubt covers a range of phenomena: one can characterise both deliberate questioning of uncertainties and an emotional state of indecision as "doubt".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Doubt
dowt, v.i. to waver in opinion: to be uncertain: to hesitate: to suspect: to believe with fear or hesitation: (Scot.) to think, even without the sense of hesitation.—v.t. to hold in doubt: to distrust.—p.adj. Doubt′ed (Spens.), questioned: feared, redoubted. [O. Fr. douter—L. dubitāre, akin to dubius, doubtful, moving in two (duo) directions.]
Doubt
dowt, n. uncertainty of mind: suspicion: fear: a thing doubted or questioned.—adj. Doubt′able.—n. Doub′ter.—adj. Doubt′ful, full of doubt: undetermined: not clear: not secure: suspicious: not confident.—adv. Doubt′fully.—n. Doubt′fulness.—p.adj. Doubt′ing, that doubts, undecided.—advs. Doubt′ingly; Doubt′less, without doubt: certainly; Doubt′lessly.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1623
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1859
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Nouns Frequency: #566
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Verbs Frequency: #556
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of doubt in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of doubt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of doubt in a Sentence
There's no reason to doubt the validity of these studies, no reason to expect -- even though it's an estimate -- that it's not far away from what the accurate toll should be.
We have to give the benefit of the doubt given that it's Jokowi's early days.
Hence, we'd see default as a pretty traumatic event for the markets, even if many seem to doubt this right now.
I don’t think I understand my life and I doubt I ever will.
While I don't think Central Intelligence Agency likely, if the cartel were to somehow target those involved in setting up and conducting the interview, Del Castillo is certainly more at risk than Penn, given that she spends more time in Mexico than Penn, has family there, business associates there, but, as with Penn, I doubt the cartel would blame Castillo given that it was reportedly Guzman who reached out to her to start the ball rolling on looking to produce Del Castillo life story.
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Translations for doubt
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- شكArabic
- сумнеўBelarusian
- съмнение, съмнявам сеBulgarian
- dubtar, dubteCatalan, Valencian
- pochybnost, pochyba, pochybovatCzech
- tvivl, tvivleDanish
- Zweifel, bezweifeln, zweifelnGerman
- αμφιβολία, αμφιβάλλωGreek
- dubi, duboEsperanto
- duda, incertidumbre, dudarSpanish
- kõhklus, kõhklemaEstonian
- شکPersian
- epäilys, epäily, epäillä, kyseenalaistaaFinnish
- doute, douterFrench
- twivelWestern Frisian
- amhrasIrish
- amharas, mì-chinnt, teagamh, cuir teagamhScottish Gaelic
- dúbida, dubidarGalician
- dooyt, ourysManx
- ספקHebrew
- संदेहHindi
- kételkedik, kétell, megkérdőjelez, kétség, kétségbe vonHungarian
- կասկածել, կասկած, տարակույս, տարակուսելArmenian
- dubitaInterlingua
- dubarIdo
- efasemdIcelandic
- dubitare, dubbioItalian
- ספקHebrew
- 不審, 疑い, 疑問Japanese
- күмән, шүбәKazakh
- 疑惑, 의심하다, 의혹Korean
- şube, şûf, گومان, guman, şik, gûş, hulhulKurdish
- dubitatio, dubium, dubitas, dubitareLatin
- ZweiwelLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- abejonė, dvejonė, dvejoti, abejotiLithuanian
- šaubas, šaubītiesLatvian
- raupeka, kumukumuMāori
- сомнеж, сомневање, се сомневаMacedonian
- twijfelen, twijfel, betwijfelenDutch
- tvilNorwegian
- wątpliwość, wątpićPolish
- dúvida, duvidar, incertezaPortuguese
- îndoială, dubiuRomanian
- сомнение, сомневатьсяRussian
- сумња, sumnjaSerbo-Croatian
- pochybovať, pochybnosťSlovak
- dvomiti, dvomSlovene
- tvekan, tvivla, tvivelSwedish
- ஐயம், சந்தேகம்Tamil
- శంక, సందేహము, సందేహించు, శంకించుTelugu
- สิงสัยThai
- duda, duda, alinlangan, alinlanganTagalog
- şüphelenmek, kuşku, kuşkulanmak, şüpheTurkish
- сумнів, сумніватисяUkrainian
- nghi ngờVietnamese
- dotVolapük
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