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The latter had decided to tell him the truth, and explained that none of the staff doubted his talent.
It is to be doubted whether the history of popular culture has moved in this direction in the past decade. From the Cambridge English Corpus Secondly, even within dissent, some doubted whether the right of private judgement was being practised.
suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone. regarded the stranger with suspicion. mistrust implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion. had a great mistrust of doctors.
Definition of doubt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SYNONYMS 1, 2. mistrust, suspect, question. 5. indecision, irresolution. USAGE doubt and doubtful may be followed by a subordinate clause beginning with that, whether, or if: I doubt that (or whether or if) the story is true.
noun. uncertainty about the truth, fact, or existence of something (esp in the phrases in doubt, without doubt, beyond a shadow of doubt, etc) often plural lack of belief in or conviction about something. all his doubts about the project disappeared. an unresolved difficulty, point, etc.
a feeling of being uncertain about something or not believing something. a feeling of doubt and uncertainty. New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime. He was starting to have some serious doubts. to have lingering/grave/nagging doubts.
to feel uncertain about something; to feel that something is not true, will probably not happen, etc. doubt something There seems no reason to doubt her story.
Other forms: doubts; doubted; doubting. Doubt is distrust or suspicion. When your kid sister explains that a robber broke in and ate your entire chocolate stash, most likely you feel doubt.
DOUBT definition: 1. the feeling of not being certain about something, or not trusting someone or something: 2. to…. Learn more.
