/daʊt/, /dʌʊt/
- ambitransitiveTo be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
“He doubted that was really what you meant.”
“I had no wish to go, though I doubt if they would have noticed me even if I had.”
“Ther be but two wayes onely. The one whiche by followyng the affections ledeth to perdicion. The other whyche throughe the mortifyenge of the fleſhe: ledeth to lyfe, why doubteſt thou in thy ſelf: The”
- transitiveTo harbour suspicion about; suspect.
“I walk by the Rule of my Maſter, you walk by the rude working of your fancies. You are counted thieves already, by the Lord of the way; therefore, I doubt you will not be found true men at the end of ”
“Rushing to the door of the church, [Robert the] Bruce met two powerful barons, [Roger de] Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, and James de Lindsay, who eagerly asked him what tidings? "Bad tidings," answered Br”
- archaic, transitiveTo anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
“The rest of his horsemen the Duke sent to his campe, bicause they heard a great noise there, and doubted the enimies sally, and indeede they had issued foorth thrise, but were alwaies repulsed, especi”
“Fear naught—nay, that I need not say— / But—doubt not aught from mine array. / Thou art my guest;—I pledged my word / As far as Coilantogle ford: [...]”
- obsolete, transitiveTo fill with fear; to affright.
“I'll tell ye all my fears, one ſingle valour, / the vertues of the valiant Caratach / more doubts me then all Britain: [...]”
- ambitransitive, obsoleteTo dread, to fear.
“Edmond aþelstones broþer · after him was king · / Godmon & doutede · god þoru alle þing ·” — Edmund, Æthelstan's brother · / after him was king · / [He was a] good man and feared · God through all things ·
“Whilome in youth, when flowred my ioyfull ſpring, / Like ſwallow ſwift I wandred here and there: / For heat of heedleſſe luſt me ſo did ſting, / That I of doubted daunger had no feare.”
“Well, all's not well. I doubt some foule play, [...]”
- countable, uncountableDisbelief 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.”
“I have doubts about how to convert this code to JavaScript.”
“Thus they went on talking of what they had ſeen by the way; and ſo made that way eaſie, which would otherwiſe, no doubt, have been tedious to them; for now they went through a Wilderneſs.”
- countableA point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question
“Ma'am, I have a doubt about today's lecture”
“It is entirely normal to hear a statement like "I have just one doubt, miss" or "If you have any doubts before the exam tomorrow, come see me in the staff room". The doubts in the aforementioned sente”
Formsdoubts(present, singular, third-person) · doubting(participle, present) · doubted(participle, past) · doubted(past) · doubts(plural) · dout(alternative)