doubt
verb/daʊt/
/daʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they doubt | /daʊt/ /daʊt/ |
| he / she / it doubts | /daʊts/ /daʊts/ |
| past simple doubted | /ˈdaʊtɪd/ /ˈdaʊtɪd/ |
| past participle doubted | /ˈdaʊtɪd/ /ˈdaʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form doubting | /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/ /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/ |
- to feel uncertain about something; to feel that something is not true, will probably not happen, etc.
- doubt something There seems no reason to doubt her story.
- to doubt the sincerity/wisdom/existence of something
- ‘Do you think England will win?’—‘I doubt it.’
- doubt (that)… I never doubted (that) she would come.
- She seriously doubted he would still be waiting for her.
- doubt whether, if, etc… I doubt whether the new one will be any better.
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1- I didn't doubt for a second that she was telling the truth.
- Lee privately doubted the truth of this statement.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- highly
- seriously
- very much
- …
- not doubt something for a moment, second, etc.
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- doubt somebody/something to not trust somebody/something; to not believe somebody
- I had no reason to doubt him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- highly
- seriously
- very much
- …
- not doubt something for a moment, second, etc.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French doute (noun), douter (verb), from Latin dubitare ‘hesitate’, from dubius ‘doubtful’.
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