doubt
To consider questionable or unlikelyTo consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
» I doubt if he will come.
Я сомневаюсь, что он придет.
Сомневаюсь, что он придёт.
Я сумніваюся, що він прийде.
Meaning
5 senses(ambitransitive)To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
He doubted that was really what you meant.
I had no wish to go, though I doubt if they would have noticed me even if I had.
bezweifeln, zweifeln
сумніва́тисяsumnivátysja
consider unlikely
(transitive)To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
(archaic, transitive)To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
(obsolete, transitive)To fill with fear; to affright.
(ambitransitive, obsolete)To dread, to fear.
Examples
2589 sentencesI doubt if he will come.
Я сумніваюся, що він прийде.
ruЯ сомневаюсь, что он придет.
I doubt whether he is honest.
Я сумніваюся в його чесності.
ruЯ сомневаюсь в его честности.
deIch bezweifle seine Ehrlichkeit.
I doubt that Tom is guilty.
Сумніваюся, що Том винен.
ruСомневаюсь, что Том виноват.
I have no doubt about that.
Я не маю сумнівів щодо цього.
ruЯ не сомневаюсь в этом.
deDaran habe ich keine Zweifel.
There's no doubt in my mind.
В моїх думках немає жодних сумнівів.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
doubts, doubting, doubted, doubtedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- doubt very seriously
- there's no doubt
- no doubt
- no doubt in
- doubt in my
- no doubt that
- have no doubt
- no one doubts
- without a doubt
- was no doubt
- no doubt about
- have my doubts