Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

    There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.

    I have doubts about how to convert this code to JavaScript.

    Zweifel

    сомне́ниеsomnénije

    су́мнівsúmniv

    uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

  2. (countable)A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question

    Ma'am, I have a doubt about today's lecture

    вопро́сvoprós

  3. (countable)A question (that one has)

Examples

2589 sentences
  1. I doubt if he will come.

    Я сумніваюся, що він прийде. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ сомневаюсь, что он придет. — sharptoothed

  2. I doubt whether he is honest.

    Я сумніваюся в його чесності. — rozmaita

    ruЯ сомневаюсь в его честности. — marafon

    deIch bezweifle seine Ehrlichkeit. — Manfredo

  3. I doubt that Tom is guilty.

    Сумніваюся, що Том винен. — deniko

    ruСомневаюсь, что Том виноват. — marafon

  4. I have no doubt about that.

    Я не маю сумнівів щодо цього. — deniko

    ruЯ не сомневаюсь в этом. — odexed

    deDaran habe ich keine Zweifel. — Zurich899

  5. There's no doubt in my mind.

    В моїх думках немає жодних сумнівів. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
disbelief or uncertainty (about something):
Русский
By meaning 2
disbelief or uncertainty (about something):
point of uncertainty, query, doubt:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disbelief or uncertainty (about something):

Forms

plural: doubts
Singulardoubt
Pluraldoubts

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

doubt — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto