indubitable


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in·du·bi·ta·ble

 (ĭn-do͞o′bĭ-tə-bəl, -dyo͞o′-)
adj.
Too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable.

in·du′bi·ta·bly adv.
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indubitable

(ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəbəl)
adj
incapable of being doubted; unquestionable
[C18: from Latin indubitābilis, from in-1 + dubitāre to doubt]
inˌdubitaˈbility, inˈdubitableness n
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in•du•bi•ta•ble

(ɪnˈdu bɪ tə bəl, -ˈdyu-)

adj.
not to be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
[1615–25; < Latin indubitābilis; see in-3, dubitable]
in•du`bi•ta•bil′i•ty, in•du′bi•ta•ble•ness, n.
in•du′bi•ta•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.indubitable - too obvious to be doubted
unquestionable - incapable of being questioned; "unquestionable authority"
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indubitable

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indubitable

adjective
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Translations

indubitable

[ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəbl] ADJ (frm) → indudable
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indubitable

[ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəbəl] adjindubitable, incontestable
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indubitable

adj, indubitably
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indubitable

[ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəbl] adjindubitabile
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References in classic literature ?
They make psychology increasingly dependent on physiology and external observation, and tend to think of matter as something much more solid and indubitable than mind.
Elton, on his return, made his own indifference as evident and indubitable as she could not doubt he would anxiously do, she could not imagine Harriet's persisting to place her happiness in the sight or the recollection of him.
He could recognize in no one but himself an indubitable right to love her.
The often-agitated question between agriculture and commerce has, from indubitable experience, received a decision which has silenced the rivalship that once subsisted between them, and has proved, to the satisfaction of their friends, that their interests are intimately blended and interwoven.
He worshipped a real and indubitable god, not fashioned in his own four-legged, hair-covered image, but in the flesh-and-blood image, two-legged, hairless, upstanding, of Steward.
But whatever might be the particulars of their separation, her sister's affliction was indubitable; and she thought with the tenderest compassion of that violent sorrow which Marianne was in all probability not merely giving way to as a relief, but feeding and encouraging as a duty.
He hurried forward in this spirit; his anxiety grew upon him with every step; as he entered the garden a voice fell upon his ear, and he was once more arrested, not this time by doubt, but by indubitable certainty of ill.
In the course of the day they saw indubitable signs that the buffalo had been roaming there in great numbers, and had recently been frightened away.
(He now felt so glad to be free from his own lawlessness and to submit his will to those who knew the indubitable truth.) He forgot what the seventh virtue was and could not recall it.
Was it possible that he could ever escape the everlasting stigma of cowardice - ay, and before him in great red letters he saw written in the air that fatal clause in the agreement, to which she and all others would point with bitter scorn, indubitable, overwhelming evidence against him.
The audience were too much interested in the question not to pronounce the Prince's assumed right altogether indubitable. ``A generous Prince!
She said that it was indubitable that the Indian army had committed thousands of human rights violations in Kashmir.