Without a doubt
Example: She is without a doubt the best player on the team.
Definition
"Without a doubt" is an expression used to emphasize complete certainty or unquestionable truth about a statement or fact, indicating that there is no room for skepticism or disbelief, as in 'She is without a doubt the best player on the team.'
Etymology
The phrase "without a doubt" originates from the combination of 'without,' meaning lacking or free from, and 'doubt,' which comes from the Latin 'dubitare,' meaning to hesitate or be uncertain. Did you know? The phrase evolved to emphasize absolute certainty, commonly used in English since the early modern period.
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"Without a doubt" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (C1) - set 1", containing 130 commonly used expressions.
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