Dictionary

no doubt en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ne doute, a calque of Old French saunz doute, itself borrowed unadapted into Middle English.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) without a doubt; surely.
   • No doubt you’ll have heard the news by now.
   • No doubt you can provide a better definition//that is, there's no doubt that you can.
   • […] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands. 1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman, page 108:
   • You, no doubt, will come to your own conclusion, based on yeastiness and maybe “crumb factor” and possibly “hole-to-dough ratio.” 2009 July 19, Frank Bruni, “Foie Gras Palates, Hot Dog Pocketbooks”, in New York Times:
   • It's no doubt the case that the internet enslaves us.
   • The thoroughness required by your explicit instructions, together with the strong desire that these repeated canvassings should be executed in so careful a manner as to establish reliable data, has no doubt tended materially to produce the gratifying result. 1853, Documents of the City of Boston:
   • I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it 1994, Green Day, “Basket Case”, in Dookie:

Forms

Deriveds

no-doubter

Synonyms

without a doubt

Translations (51)

cmn 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (without a doubt) · fr sans doute (without a doubt) · gv gyn dooyt (without a doubt) · ar لَا مَحَالَةَ (without a doubt) · la nempe (without a doubt) · ru несомне́нно (without a doubt) · th อย่างไม่ต้องสงสัย (without a doubt) · de fraglos (without a doubt) · cs bez pochyb (without a doubt) · de zweifellos (without a doubt) · ar لَا شَكَّ (without a doubt) · be напэ́ўна (without a doubt) · gv gyn ourys (without a doubt) · az şübhəsiz (without a doubt) · ga gan amhras (without a doubt) · fi epäilemättä (without a doubt) · ckb بێ گومان (without a doubt) · ang būtan twēon (without a doubt) · he אין ספק (without a doubt) · lv bez šaubām (without a doubt) · lv protams (without a doubt) · cmn 無疑 /无疑 (without a doubt) · cs nepochybně (without a doubt) · ja 疑いもなく (without a doubt) · kmr bêguman (without a doubt) · da givetvis (without a doubt) · id tanpa keraguan (without a doubt) · tr hiç şüphesiz (without a doubt) · nl zonder twijfel (without a doubt) · vi chắc chắn (without a doubt) · id sudah pasti (without a doubt) · be бясспрэ́чна (without a doubt) · ru вне сомне́ния (without a doubt) · da utvivlsomt (without a doubt) · ga gan dabht (without a doubt) · be несумне́нна (without a doubt) · ja 間違いなく (without a doubt) · fr à n'en pas douter (without a doubt) · pt sem dúvida (without a doubt) · be вядо́ма (without a doubt) · fr pas de doute (without a doubt) · pl niewątpliwie (without a doubt) · la nīmīrum (without a doubt) · ar لَا جَرَمَ (without a doubt) · fi varmasti (without a doubt) · da uden tvivl (without a doubt) · be безумо́ўна (without a doubt) · gl sen dúbida (without a doubt) · tr şüphesiz (without a doubt) · eo sendube (without a doubt) · ga is dóigh (without a doubt)