"no doubt" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ne doute, a calque of Old French saunz doute, itself borrowed unadapted into Middle English. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|ne doute|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English ne doute, {{inh+|en|enm|ne doute}} Inherited from Middle English ne doute, {{calque|en|fro|saunz doute|nocap=1}} calque of Old French saunz doute Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} no doubt (not comparable)
  1. without a doubt; surely. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: without a doubt, no-doubt Derived forms: no-doubter Translations (without a doubt): لَا شَكَّ (lā šakka) (Arabic), لَا جَرَمَ (lā jarama) (Arabic), لَا مَحَالَةَ (lā maḥālata) (Arabic), بێ گومان (bê guman) (Central Kurdish), 無疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 无疑 (wúyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 毫無疑問 (Chinese Mandarin), 毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), nepochybně (Czech), bez pochyb (Czech), utvivlsomt (Danish), givetvis (Danish), uden tvivl (Danish), zonder twijfel (Dutch), sendube (Esperanto), epäilemättä (Finnish), varmasti (Finnish), pas de doute (French), sans doute (French), à n’en pas douter (French), sen dúbida (Galician), fraglos (German), zweifellos (German), אין ספק (en safék) (Hebrew), tanpa keraguan (Indonesian), sudah pasti (Indonesian), gan amhras (Irish), gan dabht (Irish), is dóigh (Irish), 間違いなく (machigai-naku) (alt: まちがいなく) (Japanese), 疑いもなく (utagai mo naku) (alt: うたがいもなく) (Japanese), nīmīrum (Latin), nempe (Latin), protams (Latvian), bez šaubām (Latvian), gyn ourys (Manx), gyn dooyt (Manx), bêguman (Northern Kurdish), būtan twēon (Old English), niewątpliwie (Polish), sem dúvida (Portuguese), несомне́нно (nesomnénno) (Russian), вне сомне́ния (vne somnénija) (Russian), sin duda (Spanish), อย่างไม่ต้องสงสัย (yàang mâi dtɔ̂ng sǒng-sǎi) (Thai), hiç şüphesiz (Turkish), şüphesiz (Turkish), chắc chắn (Vietnamese)

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      "roman": "vne somnénija",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "вне сомне́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "sin duda"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yàang mâi dtɔ̂ng sǒng-sǎi",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "อย่างไม่ต้องสงสัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "hiç şüphesiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "şüphesiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "without a doubt",
      "word": "chắc chắn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "no doubt"
}

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