HOW TO PRONOUNCE
doubt
/daʊt/
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Leave the b silent and keep the final t.
One syllable, with the vowel in now followed by t. The b is silent.
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“There is no doubt.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does doubt mean?
verb
- To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
- To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
noun
- Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question
- a question (that one has)
verb
- (archaic) To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
- (obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
- (obsolete) To dread, to fear.
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IPA pronunciation
/daʊt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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The house was quite beautiful, and no doubt Wendy was very cosy within, though, of course, they could no longer see her.
And it cannot admit of a serious doubt, that this state of things must rest on the basis of a general Union.
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She maintained a pleasant relation with her charge, but I doubt if many, even in that country, could have done as well.
I must confess the stress and danger of the time have left an abiding sense of doubt and insecurity in my mind.
But neither in the face of the princess nor in that of any other did I see the least doubt or questioning.