Definitions for doubt
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Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness(noun)

   the state of being unsure of something

2. 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"

3. doubt(verb)

   consider unlikely or have doubts about

   "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"

4. doubt(verb)

   lack confidence in or have doubts about

   "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Doubt(verb)

   to suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive

3. 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

4. Doubt(verb)

   to suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of

5. Doubt(verb)

   to fill with fear; to affright

6. 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

7. Doubt(verb)

   uncertainty of condition

8. Doubt(verb)

   suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread

9. Doubt(verb)

   difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection

Freebase(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1623

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1859

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Nouns Frequency: #566

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doubt' in Verbs Frequency: #556

How to pronounce doubt?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say doubt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of doubt in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of doubt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of doubt in a Sentence

1. Ricardo Rosselló:

   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.

2. Bharat Joshi:

   We have to give the benefit of the doubt given that it's Jokowi's early days.

3. Steve Barrow:

   Hence, we'd see default as a pretty traumatic event for the markets, even if many seem to doubt this right now.

4. Cometan:

   I don’t think I understand my life and I doubt I ever will.

5. Mike Baker:

   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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