beyond a shadow of a doubt en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From shadow of a doubt.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Without any doubt or hesitation at all.
I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my sister would want to go to the concert.
So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
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Translations (16)
fi ilman epäilyksen häivääkään (without any doubt or hesitation) · es sin lugar a dudas (without any doubt or hesitation) · pl bez cienia wątpliwości (without any doubt or hesitation) · it senz'ombra di dubbio (without any doubt or hesitation) · nl zonder twijfel (without any doubt or hesitation) · cy heb os nac oni bai (without any doubt or hesitation) · es sin sombra de duda (without any doubt or hesitation) · nl ongetwijfeld (without any doubt or hesitation) · cmn 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (without any doubt or hesitation) · de ohne den Hauch eines Zweifels (without any doubt or hesitation) · it senza ombra di dubbio (without any doubt or hesitation) · fi ilman pienintäkään epäilystä (without any doubt or hesitation) · fr sans l'ombre d'un doute (without any doubt or hesitation) · eo sen ia ombro da dubo (without any doubt or hesitation) · eo sen ombro de dubo (without any doubt or hesitation) · pt sem sombra de dúvida (without any doubt or hesitation)