doubt
To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
Verb 2 meanings
To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
“He doubted that was really what you meant.”
To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
Noun 3 meanings
Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
“There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.”
A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question
“Ma'am, I have a doubt about today's lecture”
a question (that one has)
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English douten (“to doubt, fear, worry”) [and other forms], from Old French douter, doter, duter (compare Middle French doubter), from Latin dubitāre (“to be uncertain, doubt; to hesitate, waver in coming to an opinion; to consider, ponder”); the further etymology is uncertain, but one theory is that dubitō may be derived from dubius (“fluctuating, wavering; doubtful, dubious, uncertain”), from duhibius (“held as two”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + habeō (“to have, hold”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)).
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DOUBT at a glance
DOUBT has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (D 2 + O 1 + U 1 + B 3 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,293 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with doubt
All rhymes- REDOUBT10
- MISDOUBT13
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