English to English noun
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the state of being unsure of something | | source: wordnet30
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uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | | Example: the dubiousness of his claim there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
source: wordnet30
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A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation. | | source: webster1913 verb
4 |
consider unlikely or have doubts about | | Example: I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage
source: wordnet30
5 |
lack confidence in or have doubts about | | Example: I doubt these reports I suspect her true motives she distrusts her stepmother
source: wordnet30
6 |
To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined. | | source: webster1913
7 |
To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it. | | source: webster1913
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