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Doubt I Doubted Daʊt Reason Story England Verb
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BrE / daʊt / NAmE / daʊt / |
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- 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 / - 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.
- 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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