doubt

🇺🇸 /daʊt/ 🇬🇧 /daʊt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
R

A feeling of not being sure about something.

She had doubt about the plan because it seemed risky.

verb
B1

To feel unsure about something or think it may not be true.

I doubt that the weather will be nice tomorrow.

R

To not trust or believe someone or something.

He began to doubt his friend's honesty after the incident.

translation

n. A feeling of not being sure about something.
v. To feel unsure about something or think it may not be true.; To not trust or believe someone or something.

Word Forms

3rd Present doubts
Past doubted
Perfect doubted
Progressive doubting
Plural doubts