Last Updated ：2025/11/19

doubt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/daʊt/

countable uncountable India obsolete

(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty. / (countable, obsolete or India) A point of uncertainty; a query.

Japanese Meaning

（不可算・可算）疑い、不信、疑念 / （可算）疑いや不確かさの具体的な事例 / （可算、古語またはインド英語）疑問点、問題点または問い合わせ

What is this buttons?

There is some doubt about the outcome of the experiment.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

実験の結果についてはいくつかの疑いがある。

Details

Sense（1）

(uncountable, countable) 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.

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Details

Sense（2）

(countable, obsolete or India) A point of uncertainty; a query.

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 sentences are not as much rooted in a lack of faith as in a lack of understanding.

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