Dictionary

undoubted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈdaʊtɪd/
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Etymology

From Middle English undouted, undoutid, equivalent to un- + doubted.

Meanings

1. Without doubt; without question; certain.
   • His undoubted skill meant that he was in much demand.
   • More should I question thee, and more I must, Though more to know could not be more to trust, From whence thou camest, how tended on: but rest Unquestion’d welcome and undoubted blest. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
   • The place of psychology in business is undoubted; whether it can prevail against more concrete and material facts, and if so, how long, remain debatable propositions. 1923 December 3, “Current Situation”, in Time:
   • Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation. 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
   • The “recognition” before a 2,300-strong congregation of foreign royals, heads of state, former prime ministers, and charity and community representatives, saw him presented four times as “your undoubted king” to the compass points of the raised coronation theatre with no murmur of dissent. 2023 May 6, Caroline Davies, “Coronation of King Charles is a visual feast veiled in the mists of the past”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Thou Spirit who ledſt this glorious Eremite Into the Deſert, his Victorious Field Againſt the Spiritual Foe, and broughtſt him thence By proof the undoubted Son of God, […] 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 1–2, lines 8–11:
   • Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

undoubtedness · undoubtedly

Synonyms

unquestioned · undisputed · uncontested · doubtless

Translations (3)

bg несъмнен (Without doubt) · es indudado (Without doubt) · bg безспорен (Without doubt)