doubt
IPA: dˈaʊt
noun
- (uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
- (countable, obsolete or India) A point of uncertainty; a query.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
- (transitive, archaic) To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
- (transitive, archaic) To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
- (transitive, obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To dread, to fear.
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Examples of "doubt" in Sentences
- Doubts for injury fade.
- Don't hesitate to ask when in doubt.
- The identity of the tribe is doubtful.
- But I doubt the veracity of the claim.
- The etymology of the village is doubtful.
- The authenticity of the force was in doubt.
- I doubt that this was the intension though.
- The authenticity of the quote is not in doubt.
- An agnostic is doubtful of the existence of a god.
- The question and answer are polemic and of doubtful accuracy.