GIVE SOMEONE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT

Meaning of GIVE SOMEONE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT in English

believe someone is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure I gave him the benefit of the doubt but I still think that he is a liar.

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GIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBT — I. ˈdau̇t, usu -au̇d.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English douten to fear, doubt, from Old French douter, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BENEFIT — I. ˈbenəˌfit, US sometimes -_fə̇t, S sometimes -ni- or -nē-, Brit usually -ni_fit; US usually -d.+V noun ( -s ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBT — — doubtable , adj. — doubtably , adv. — doubter , n. — doubtingly , adv. — doubtingness , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BENEFIT — — benefiter , n. /ben"euh fit/ , n. , v. , benefited, benefiting . n. 1. something that is advantageous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBT — I. ˈdau̇t verb Etymology: Middle English douten, from Anglo-French duter, douter, from Latin dubitare to be in doubt; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
DOUBT — vi uncertainty of condition. 2. doubt ·vi suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. 3. doubt ·vt to fill with fear; to affright. …
Webster English vocab
BENEFIT — noun beneficence; liberality. 2. benefit ·noun an act of kindness; a favor conferred. 3. benefit ·noun natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBT — [doubt] vb [alter. of ME douten, fr. OF douter to doubt, fr. L dubitare; akin to L dubius dubious] vt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBT — / daʊt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U , C ] doubt (about sth) | doubt (that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BENEFIT — / ˈbenɪfɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] an advantage that sth gives …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBT — I. doubt 1 S1 W1 /daʊt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ doubtful , doubtless, ↑ indubitable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BENEFIT — I. ben ‧ e ‧ fit 1 S2 W1 AC /ˈbenəfɪt, ˈbenɪfɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBT — n. & v. --n. 1 a feeling of uncertainty; an undecided state of mind (be in no doubt about; have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BENEFIT — n. & v. --n. 1 a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit. 2 (often in pl.) payment made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBT — n. & v. n. 1 a feeling of uncertainty; an undecided state of mind (be in no doubt about; have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BENEFIT — n. & v. n. 1 a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit. 2 (often in pl.) payment made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBT — n. & v. --n. 1. a feeling of uncertainty; an undecided state of mind (be in no doubt about; have …
Oxford English vocab
BENEFIT — n. & v. --n. 1. a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit. 2 (often in pl.) payment made …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBT — ( doubts, doubting, doubted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BENEFIT — ( benefits, benefiting, or benefitting, benefited, or benefitted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse ▪ Their faces were suddenly filled with fear. cast aside …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BENEFIT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBT — [noun] - (a feeling of) uncertainty about something, esp. about how good or true it isEven if your religious faith …
Cambridge English vocab
BENEFIT — [verb], [noun] -t- or UK also -tt- - (to receive or give) a helpful or good effect, or something intended …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBT — Synonyms and related words : Humism, Pyrrhonism, agnosticism, agonize over, all-overs, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt, be at sea, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBT — See: GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, NO DOUBT.
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIVE — n. give away give back give off give out give over give up self giving given name
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , grave , real , serious , severe ▪ slight ▪ Without the slightest ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BENEFIT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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