Meanings
alternative beyond a shadow of doubt · alternative beyond the shadow of a doubt · alternative without a shadow of a doubt
- idiomaticWithout any doubt or hesitation at all.
I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my sister would want to go to the concert.
1 more example
So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问
- 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn)without any doubt or hesitation
Dutch zonder twijfel, ongetwijfeld
- zonder twijfelwithout any doubt or hesitation
- ongetwijfeldwithout any doubt or hesitation
Esperanto sen ia ombro da dubo, sen ombro de dubo
- sen ia ombro da dubowithout any doubt or hesitation
- sen ombro de dubowithout any doubt or hesitation
Finnish ilman pienintäkään epäilystä, ilman epäilyksen häivääkään
- ilman pienintäkään epäilystäwithout any doubt or hesitation
- ilman epäilyksen häivääkäänwithout any doubt or hesitation
French sans l'ombre d'un doute
- sans l'ombre d'un doutewithout any doubt or hesitation
German ohne den Hauch eines Zweifels
- ohne den Hauch eines Zweifelswithout any doubt or hesitation
Italian senza ombra di dubbio, senz'ombra di dubbio
- senza ombra di dubbiowithout any doubt or hesitation
- senz'ombra di dubbiowithout any doubt or hesitation
Polish bez cienia wątpliwości
- bez cienia wątpliwościwithout any doubt or hesitation
Portuguese sem sombra de dúvida
- sem sombra de dúvidawithout any doubt or hesitation
Spanish sin sombra de duda, sin lugar a dudas
- sin sombra de dudawithout any doubt or hesitation
- sin lugar a dudaswithout any doubt or hesitation
Welsh heb os nac oni bai
- heb os nac oni baiwithout any doubt or hesitation
Cite this entry
beyond a shadow of a doubt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20shadow%20of%20a%20doubt
“beyond a shadow of a doubt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20shadow%20of%20a%20doubt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beyond a shadow of a doubt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20shadow%20of%20a%20doubt.
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