noun
definition
Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
example
I have doubts about how to convert this code to JavaScript.
definition
A point of uncertainty; a query.
verb
definition
To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
example
He doubted that was really what you meant.
synonyms
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To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
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To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
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To fill with fear; to affright.
definition
To dread, to fear.
Examples of doubt in a Sentence
I doubt if she'll go to you.
I doubt that... but you never know.
He's as sweet as he can be and I have no doubt his intentions are honorable.
If you doubt it, you'd better come and see for yourself.
I gave her your number, but I doubt she called.
No doubt he was ready to do exactly that by now.
Without a doubt, the fact that the babies were healthy had major influence on his mood.
A painful doubt filled her soul.
There was the first glimmer of doubt in Fitzgerald's eye.
Indeed, I doubt if they are on speaking terms with their country cousins!
I can answer no, without a doubt.
Tonight he divided his attention between the knife and her face - no doubt waiting for her to broach the subject.
There isn't a doubt in my mind I'm breathing now because of him.
Now is not the time to doubt yourself.
You doubt the story?
The south-west corner of the island was served by a direct road from Carales westward through Decimomannu (note the name Decimo, a survival, no doubt, of a Roman post-station ad decimum lapidem), where there is a fine Roman bridge over 100 yds.
That was the only doubt often troubling Pierre.
The determination in Harmony's voice left him no doubt she'd do it.
Running the lie detector, no doubt.
I doubt it and Howie won't use his ability to revisit his past and learn.
I doubt she'll appreciate it though.
There he lay to rest any doubt about the issue.
It is by no means certain that he made the remark often attributed to him, "Let us enjoy the papacy since God has given it to us," but there is little doubt that he was by nature devoid of moral earnestness or deep religious feeling.
Aemilius Scaurus, praetor in 53 B.C. Cicero, speaking no doubt to his brief, gives them a very bad character, adding " ignoscent alii viri boni ex Sardinia; credo enim esse quosdam ".
He didn't doubt that if it were to her advantage to do so, she'd have no compunction in involving him, however unfairly.
She loved human emotion, but she hated the doubt and insecurity she felt.
The changes in his mate were new enough to startle him sometimes, but she was without a doubt his mate.
No doubt because she didn't have to do it on a regular basis as Alex did.
Dean had no doubt about Shipton's ultimate intention.
Yes, she had crossed that last hurdle of doubt.
The dedication to Mary Magdalen was no doubt derived from the hospital at Winchester of which the founder had been master.
The view (traceable no doubt to the Aristotelian definition) that equity mitigates the hardships of the law where the law errs through being framed in universals, is to be found in some of the earlier writings.
The fighting, no doubt, on the part of the wazir was conducted with all the savagery of Oriental warfare; but there is no evidence that it was a war of extermination.
The three Cipxovms who appear in the loth-century inscriptions just mentioned bear alternately the names Torcotorius and Salusius; and, inasmuch as this is the case with the judices of Cagliari from the 11th to the 13th century, there seems no doubt that they were the successors of these Byzantine ripXovrfs, who were perhaps the actual founders of the dynasty.
He has, no doubt, forgotten it and will wish to destroy it.
Andrew did not tell his father that he would no doubt live a long time yet.
The abundance of activities will no doubt satisfy any outdoor enthusiasts' hunger for adventure, but may leave them with hunger pains.
While she would never have described her parents as over-protective, their devotion to their children was never in doubt.
As long as I'm doing what he expects me to do, he'll have doubt.
The next day Cade worked close to the house - trying to keep an eye on her, no doubt.
Thousands of years hadn't given him much insight into a woman's way of thinking, but this he knew without a doubt.
With his chiseled features and muscular frame, he was without a doubt the sexiest man she'd ever seen.
Even his lingering doubt about the real cost of her deals with Darkyn didn't extend to the question of whether or not he was meant to be with the woman in his arms.
Kris met his gaze, and the intensity of the exchange left her no doubt as to their relationship.
She didn't doubt that the only creature Rhyn would listen to was Gabriel, and that Gabriel had told him to leave her be.
My heart is empty as I have no doubt he'll dismiss me if his mother does, in fact, pass on to her final reward.
There's no doubt the note is in Mrs. Shipton's handwriting—even Corday agrees with that.
When the Deans tried to buy her even a minimal number of new items, she became embarrassed and pensive, no doubt a result of Janet's don't-rock-the-boat philosophy.
He sure didn't fall all the way down from where the line was cut and I doubt anyone cut the rope when he was half way down the cliff.
There's no doubt he blamed Edith for his son's death.