Phrase guide

beyond a shadow of a doubt

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Without any doubt or hesitation at all.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my sister would want to go to the concert.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers
  • his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indubitably, beyond doubt, beyond a doubt

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From shadow of a doubt.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn) — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Dutch: zonder twijfel — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Dutch: ongetwijfeld — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Esperanto: sen ia ombro da dubo — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Esperanto: sen ombro de dubo — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Finnish: ilman pienintäkään epäilystä — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Finnish: ilman epäilyksen häivääkään — without any doubt or hesitation
  • French: sans l'ombre d'un doute — without any doubt or hesitation
  • German: ohne den Hauch eines Zweifels — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Italian: senza ombra di dubbio — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Polish: bez cienia wątpliwości — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Portuguese: sem sombra de dúvida — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Spanish: sin sombra de duda — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Spanish: sin lugar a dudas — without any doubt or hesitation
  • Welsh: heb os nac oni bai — without any doubt or hesitation