noun/verb · neutral
doubt
/daʊt/DOUBT
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction; to be uncertain about something
Examples
“I have serious doubts about the accuracy of the report.”
“She doubted whether the plan would work.”
“Doubt can prevent people from taking risks.”
Band 8 sentence
“While healthy scepticism is useful, persistent doubt without evidence can stall decision-making.”
Collocations
- have doubts
- beyond doubt
- doubtful about
Word family
doubt noun/verbdoubtful adjectivedoubtless adverb/adjectivedoubting adjective/verb-ingdoubtfully adverb
Common mistakes
I question if he is honest.→I doubt whether he is honest. / I question his honesty.
There are many doubt on the data.→There is much doubt about the data. / There are many doubts about the data.
Say it for a higher band
5question→6uncertainty→7+doubt
Synonyms
uncertainty
question
Easily confused
question
“I question the validity of the findings.”
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