Past tense of doubt
regular verb
The past tense of doubt is doubted. The past participle is also doubted.
Forms of doubt
| Base form (V1) | doubt /daʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | doubted /ˈdaʊtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | doubted /ˈdaʊtɪd/ |
| Present participle | doubting /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | doubts /daʊts/ |
Doubted in a sentence
- He doubted that was really what you meant.
- Europeans doubted whether their aims were attainable; Africans doubted whether they were desirable.1979, John Iliffe, “The Crisis of Colonial Society, 1929–45”, in A Modern History of Tanganyika (African Studies Series; 25), Cambridge...
- Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy.From the entry airworthy
- The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.From the entry accuracy
- He spent extra for a V8 because he doubted that a straight-six would be enough for towing his trailer.From the entry V8
Meaning of doubt
- verb To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
- verb To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
- verb To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
Questions about the past tense of doubt
- What is the past tense of doubt?
- The past tense of doubt is doubted.
- What is the past participle of doubt?
- The past participle of doubt is doubted.
- Is doubt a regular or irregular verb?
- Doubt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: doubt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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