Definitions for doubt
daʊtdoubt

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(4.00 / 1 vote)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

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. Jeff Sessions:

   I doubt he cares.

2. Bobby Smith:

   No doubt about it.

3. John Heisman:

   When in doubt, punt

4. Malcolm Forbes:

   When in doubt, duck.

5. Hofni Samuel:

   When in doubt, do without.

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