doubt
verb (used with object)
to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
have doubted
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present perfectof doubt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Be warned: Novak Djokovic has made a fool of those who have doubted him before.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The great contradiction in Zhu’s career is that he never seems to have doubted the necessity of Communist Party control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even at my most hopeful, I think I would have doubted that it would.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2024
Industry observers have doubted another major automaker would want to rescue the company given its problems, but Pierce, the Needham & Co. analyst, isn’t convinced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
She might have doubted what she had done, and what she could still see on the screen, but she had passed in the last half-hour or so beyond doubt and belief altogether.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
