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Doubt I Doubted Daʊt Reason Story England Verb

Word doubt
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / daʊt / NAmE / daʊt /
Example
  • there seems no reason to doubt her story.
  • ‘do you think england will win?’—‘i doubt it.’
  • i never doubted (that) she would come.
  • i doubt whether/if the new one will be any better.
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doubt

(verb)BrE / daʊt / NAmE / daʊt /
  1. to feel uncertain about something; to feel that something is not true, will probably not happen, etc.
    • There seems no reason to doubt her story.
    • ‘Do you think England will win?’—‘I doubt it.’
    • I never doubted (that) she would come.
    • I doubt whether/if the new one will be any better.
  2. to not trust somebody/something; to not believe somebody
    • I had no reason to doubt him.

    Extra Examples

    • I didn’t doubt for a second that she was telling the truth.
    • I never seriously doubted his story.
    • Lee privately doubted the truth of this statement.
    • ‘Do you think England will win?’—‘ I doubt it.’
    • I doubt if the new one will be any better.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they doubt
    • he / she / it doubts
    • past simple doubted
    • past participle doubted
    • -ing form doubting

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French doute (noun), douter (verb), from Latin dubitare ‘hesitate’, from dubius ‘doubtful’.
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