Question 1 · Quick check
doubt
CEFRB1
/daʊt/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A feeling of being unsure about something.
- 02
verb
To feel uncertain that something is true.
Examples
I don't for a moment doubt your honesty.
People who love doubt nothing, or doubt everything.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 3
Also pronounced
- /dʌʊt/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
verb
Extra meaningTo be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
More examples
In contextThere seems no reason to doubt her story.
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.
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Quick test
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Origin
noun
from Old French doute, dote, dute (“uncertain feeling, doubt”), from doter, douter, duter (“to doubt, fear”) (compare Middle French doubter; modern French douter (“to doubt, suspect”)); see further etymology above. The ESL "question" sense is a semantic loan from Romance cognates: Portuguese dúvida, Spanish duda, Catalan dubte, French doute, Italian dubbio and others, which can all mean "question". Displaced Old English twēo (“doubt”) and twēoġan (“to doubt”).