Kilo Lingo

doubt

/daʊt/

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Translation

To feel not sure that something is true or that it will happen.

Word origin

From Latin dubitare, meaning to waver or be of two minds.

Origin
Latin
Root
dubitare

Grammar

Verb typeregular (doubt, doubts, doubted)

Examples

today.

Here "doubt" means to feel not sure.

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"Doubts" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Doubted" is the past form of "doubt".

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This word is part of lesson 19.