doubt

doubt
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[English Word] be in doubt
[Swahili Word] -wa na shaka
[Part of Speech] verb
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[English Word] doubt
[English Plural] doubts
[Swahili Word] shaka
[Swahili Plural] mashaka
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 5/6
[English Example] they have doubt
[Swahili Example] wana shaka.
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[English Word] doubt
[English Plural] doubts
[Swahili Word] shuku
[Swahili Plural] mashuku
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 5/6
[Derived Word] shaka N
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[English Word] doubt
[English Plural] doubts
[Swahili Word] tashwishi
[Swahili Plural] tashwishi
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 9/10
[Derived Word] shawishi V
[English Example] have doubts
[Swahili Example] shikwa [patwa] na tashwishi
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[English Word] doubt
[Swahili Word] wasiwasi
[Swahili Plural] wasiwasi
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 14
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[English Word] doubt
[Swahili Word] -shuku
[Part of Speech] verb
[Derived Word] shaka N
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[English Word] indicates doubt about a following statement
[Swahili Word] eti
[Part of Speech] phrase
[Swahili Definition] tamko la kuonyesha shaka juu ya jambo fulani [Masomo 206]
[English Example] The strangers had no right to oppress the Africans on the false pretense that they were civilizing them
[Swahili Example] Wageni hawakuwa na haki yo yote ya kuwaonea Waafrika kwa kisingizio eti wanawasstaarabisha [Masomo 206]
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[English Word] without a doubt
[Swahili Word] pasipo shaka
[Part of Speech] preposition
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English-Swahili dictionary. 2013.

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  • Doubt — • A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Doubt     Doubt      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • doubt — doubt·able; doubt·er; doubt·ful·ly; doubt·ful·ness; doubt·ing·ly; doubt·ing·ness; doubt·less·ness; doubt·some; re·doubt·able; re·doubt·ably; re·doubt·ed; un·doubt·ed·ly; un·doubt·ing·ly; doubt; doubt·ful; doubt·less; mis·doubt; re·doubt;… …   English syllables

  • doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …   Law dictionary

  • Doubt — Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See {Doubt}, v. i.] 1. 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Doubt — Doubt, v. t. 1. 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — verb. 1. I doubt whether he ll come and I doubt if he ll come are the standard constructions when doubt is used in the affirmative to mean ‘think it unlikely’. When doubt is used in the negative to mean ‘think it likely’, a that clause is normal …   Modern English usage

  • doubt — (v.) early 13c., to dread, fear, from O.Fr. doter doubt, be doubtful; be afraid, from L. dubitare to doubt, question, hesitate, waver in opinion (related to dubius uncertain; see DUBIOUS (Cf. dubious)), originally to have to choose between two… …   Etymology dictionary

  • doubt — [dout] vi. [ME douten < OFr douter < L dubitare, to waver in opinion < dubius, DUBIOUS; b reintroduced, after L, in 16th c.] 1. to be uncertain in opinion or belief; be undecided 2. to be inclined to disbelief 3. Archaic to hesitate vt.… …   English World dictionary

  • Doubt — (dout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doubted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See {Dubious}.] 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — ► NOUN ▪ a feeling of uncertainty. ► VERB 1) feel uncertain about. 2) question the truth of. ● no doubt Cf. ↑no doubt DERIVATIVES doubter …   English terms dictionary

  • doubt — [n] lack of faith, conviction; questioning agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy,… …   New thesaurus

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