Complete Definition of "doubt"

English

rank|hard|ask|question|410|doubt|around|black|lady

Pronunciation
AHD|dout, IPA|/da�t/, SAMPA|/daUt/
:Rhymes:English:-a�t|Rhymes: -a�t
audio|en-us-doubt.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OF. douter, from L. dubitare.

Verb
en-verb

  1. To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.

#: He doubted that was really what you meant.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ش�� (shakka)
Catalan: dubtar
Chinese: ��
Czech: t-|cs|pochybovat
Dutch: twijfelen
Finnish: t+|fi|epäillä
French: t+|fr|douter
German: bezweifeln, zweifeln
Ido: dubar
Indonesian: ragu, bimbang, ragu akan, ragu|meragukan
Italian: t+|it|dubitare
Japanese: �審��� (�������, fushin ni omou), �� (����, utagau)
Korean: ��� ��� (uisimhan wihayeo)
mid
Latin: t-|la|dubitare
Lithuanian: abejoti, dvejoti
Polish: w�tpi�
Portuguese: duvidar
Slovak: pochybovať
Slovene: dvomiti
Spanish: t-|es|dudar
Swedish: tveka
Telugu: t|te|స�ద�హి���|scTelu (sandehinchu), t|te|శ��ి���|scTelu (SaMkiMchu?)
Ukrainian: ��мн�ва�и�� (sumnivátysja)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. uncertainty|Uncertainty, disbelief.

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

Related terms
top2
beyond a shadow of a doubt
beyond doubt
beyond reasonable doubt
doubter
doubtful
doubting Thomas
doubtless
mid2
no doubt
reasonable doubt
undoubtedly
without doubt

Translations
trans-top|uncertainty
Arabic: ARchar|ش�� (shakk)
Chinese: ��, ��, ��
Czech: t-|cs|pochybnost|f, t-|cs|pochyba|f
Dutch: t+|nl|twijfel|f
Finnish: epäily, epäröinti
French: t+|fr|doute|f
German: t+|de|Zweifel|m
Greek: αμ�ιβολία (amphibolía)
Hebrew: he-translation|ספק|safék m
Hungarian: t+|hu|kétség
Indonesian: ragu|keraguan, bimbang|kebimbangan
Italian: t+|it|dubbio|m
Japanese: �審 (���, fushin), �� (����, utagai), �� (���, gimon)
Korean: �� (uihog)
trans-mid
Kurdish: t+|ku|guman|f, t|ku|�ik|f, t|ku|�ube|f, t|ku|gû�|f, t|ku|hulhul|f, t|ku|�ûf|f, t+|ku|گ��ا�|sc=KUchar
Latin: dubitas f; dubitatio f
Lithuanian: abejon� f, (rare) dvejon� f
Norwegian: tvil m
Polish: w�tpliwo�� f
Portuguese: t+|pt|dúvida|f, t+|pt|incerteza|f
Russian: t+|ru|�омнение|trsomneniye|scCyrl
Slovak: pochybnosť f
Slovene: t+|sl|dvom|m
Spanish: t+|es|duda|f, t+|es|incertidumbre|f
Swedish: tvekan (uncountable), tvivel n
Telugu: స�ద�హమ� (sandehamu), శ�� (SaMka?)
Ukrainian: ��мн�в (súmniv) m
trans-bottom

Related terms
dubiety pos_n

Category:1000 English basic words

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te:doubt
vi:doubt
tr:doubt
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Revision and Credits for"doubt"
  • 2007-12-17 12:44 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for cs, fi, fr, it, la, es, nl, de, hu, ku, pt, ru, sl

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