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# doubt

«doubt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of not being sure if something is true or will…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a doubt, doubts); verb (doubt, doubts, doubted, doubting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A feeling of not being sure if something is true or will happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#m1)

2) (verb) To feel unsure that something is true, or to think it is probably not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#m2)

3) (verb) Not to trust or believe someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#m3)

4) "No doubt" means probably or certainly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character in doubt hesitates, and someone who doubts a hero is often proved wrong. In science and maths, doubt is healthy: if you doubt an answer, check it again; scientists test ideas they doubt. In everyday life, «no doubt» means surely. Phrases: «no doubt», «without a doubt», «in doubt», «have doubts», «I doubt it», «benefit of the doubt».

### examples

- I doubt it will snow today — it's too warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x1)
- Without a doubt, she's the best singer in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x2)
- If you are in doubt, ask the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x3)
- He had doubts about climbing so high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x4)
- Nobody doubted his story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x5)
- No doubt you're hungry after that long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x6)
- When in doubt, check your answer with the inverse operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x7)
- I never doubted that you could do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x8)
- No doubt he will soon come. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/#x9)

### note

Silent b: «doubt» is said «dowt». Adjective: «doubtful». «I doubt it» means «I think not». «No doubt» means «certainly», but «doubtless» can sound a bit unsure in speech.

### In the corpora

- [A safe rule for doubtful food is: when in doubt, throw it out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/13-smells-that-warn/16/)
- [Not every changing story is a lie; people can be unsure, and their story shrinks when they are doubted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/449-stories-that-change/44/)
- [Some lies try to make you doubt yourself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/13/)
- [Lies that make you doubt your own memory are especially unfair; writing things down helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/34/)
- [Many small lies can use up people's trust, so that even your true words are doubted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/455-trusting-again/36/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doubt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.