to doubt
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1.3
- verb
- /daʊt/
:
dudar de
- You start knowing yourself and you don't doubt yourself or double check.
- reason to doubt
- seriously doubt
- doubt the truth
You start knowing yourself and you don't doubt yourself or double check.
- You start knowing yourself and you don't doubt yourself or double check.
- So permit me to doubt the fact.
- When we doubt our past emotions, we often doubt our current ones too.
- And their doubt almost made me doubt myself even more.
- These relationships already leave you doubting enough about yourself.
- I always doubt, and it's not good to doubt God, but I do.
- AMDI mean, honestly speaking, I doubt that MSI really gives a flying duck.
- But he also has no reason to doubt it's not man made.
- That's why, yeah, I doubt it was very important.
- And I don't think that the problem is that Putin doubts our military power.
Examples
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She began to doubt her ability to solve the difficult puzzle.
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So I have no reason to doubt what they're saying.
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But I want you not to doubt yourself.
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- I doubt that very much.
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When we doubt our past emotions, we often doubt our current ones too.
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I doubt such severity will be necessary.
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U.S. policymakers and the public increasingly doubt that the war can be won.
Academic text (2011) -
There are a number of reasons to doubt the conclusion that Rosenberg draws from these studies.
Academic text (2008) -
Some scientists and economists doubt the concept, however, and the possibility of restoration that often underlies it.
Academic text (2011) -
I sincerely doubt that.
Synonyms
31
4.2
To think that someone or something cannot be relied on
1
9.9
To feel that someone or something cannot be trusted
Antonyms
Idioms
515
1.8
Shows that something is almost certainly true, often before saying something different
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A strong, worrying feeling that you are not sure you can trust someone or something
How Doubtful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doubt as a verb also comes from Latin dubitare, meaning 'to be unsure'. So to doubt someone or something is to hesitate to believe them or to think it is unlikely.