to doubt

Definition of to doubt in English English dictionary: dubitate; To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect
He doubted that was really what you meant.; To fear; to suspect
He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, / I doubt, all likeness ends between the pair.; unbelief; {f} be uncertain, have misgivings; lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother; {v} to question, scruple, suspect, distruct; {n} suspense, suspicion, scruple, difficulty; {i} misgiving, lack of certainty; 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; Uncertainty, disbelief; hesitation; 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; If you are in doubt about something, you feel unsure or uncertain about it. He is in no doubt as to what is needed When in doubt, call the doctor; Uncertainty of condition; Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection; emphasis If you say that something is true without doubt or without a doubt, you are emphasizing that it is definitely true. Without doubt this was the most important relationship I developed at college = undoubtedly; If you doubt whether something is true or possible, you believe that it is probably not true or possible. Others doubted whether that would happen He doubted if he would learn anything new from Marie She doubted that the accident could have been avoided; If you doubt someone or doubt their word, you think that they may not be telling the truth. No one directly involved with the case doubted him trust; If you have doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it and do not know whether it is true or possible. If you say you have no doubt about it, you mean that you are certain it is true. This raises doubts about the point of advertising I had my doubts when she started, but she's getting really good There can be little doubt that he will offend again = uncertainty; You say I doubt it as a response to a question or statement about something that you think is untrue or unlikely. `Somebody would have seen her.' --- `I doubt it, not on Monday.'; the state of being unsure of something; emphasis You use no doubt to emphasize that something seems certain or very likely to you. The contract for this will no doubt be widely advertised = undoubtedly; If you doubt something, you believe that it might not be true or genuine. No one doubted his ability; 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; emphasis You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved. A referendum showed beyond doubt that voters wanted independence; the state of being unsure of something consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"; You use no doubt to indicate that you accept the truth of a particular point, but that you do not consider it is important or contradicts the rest of what you are saying. No doubt many will regard these as harsh words, but regrettably they are true; To fill with fear; to affright; lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"; To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive; Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread; To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of; A mental factor that wavers with respect to its object See Understanding the Mind; consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"; If you say that something is in doubt or open to doubt, you consider it to be uncertain or unreliable. The outcome was still in doubt That claim is increasingly open to doubt. = uncertain; vicikicchâ: doubt, perplexity, uncertainty It is one of the five barriers, perhaps being what keeps the "five-walled cage" erect, sturdy, and for all appearances, indestructible Though it is stated in this translation as "to doubt the truth of this teaching," in practice it may be experienced equally as self-doubt, lack of faith or confidence, bewilderment in the face of the unexplained; the benefit of the doubt: see benefit a shadow of a doubt: see shadow; uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"