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1. (v.i.) believe
to have confidence in the truth, existence, reliability, or value of something.
2. believe
to have religious faith.
3. (v.t.) believe
to have confidence or faith in the truth of:
I can't believe that story.
4. believe
to have confidence in the assertions of (a person).
5. believe
to hold as an opinion; suppose; think:
I believe they are out of town.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME bileven, late OE
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| Definition of 'Believe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) believe
accept as true; take to be true
"I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
2. (verb) think, believe, consider, conceive
judge or regard; look upon; judge
"I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
3. (verb) believe, trust
be confident about something
"I believe that he will come back from the war"
4. (verb) believe
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
5. (verb) believe
credit with veracity
"You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
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1. (verb) believe
to be sure sth is true
The police didn't believe the story.; Do you believe her?; Jamie believed that his dad would come back.; It's hard to believe we're going to China.
2. believe
to think sth is true, but not be completely sure
I believe that it was last week.; a giant squid believed to be 80 feet long
3. believe
to have religious faith
Do you believe?
4. believe
couldn't/don't/wouldn't believe
implies shock or surprise
We couldn't believe how different he was.; I don't believe it - how did you get here?
5. believe
believe it or not
indicates what you will say is surprising
Believe it or not, they haven't won one game.
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| Definition of 'Believe' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Believe
to exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine
2. (verb) Believe
to have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith
3. (verb) Believe
to think; to suppose
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Sense: to regard (something) as true
I believe his story.
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 Afrikaans: glo |
 Arabic: يُصَدِّق |
 Bulgarian: вярвам |
 Brazilian: acreditar |
 Czech: věřit |
 German: glauben |
 Danish: tro på |
 Greek: πιστεύω κτ. ως αληθινό |
 Spanish: creer |
 Estonian: uskuma |
 Farsi: باور کردن |
 Finnish: uskoa |
 French: croire |
 Hebrew: לְהַאֲמִין |
 Hindi: विश्वास करना |
 Croatian: vjerovati |
 Hungarian: hisz |
 Indonesian: mempercayai |
 Icelandic: trúa, leggja trúnað á |
 Italian: credere |
 Japanese: 信じる |
 Korean: (어떤 것을) 믿다 |
 Lithuanian: tikėti |
 Latvian: ticēt |
 Malay: percaya |
 Dutch: geloven |
 Norwegian: tro (på) |
 Polish: wierzyć |
 Persian: باور کردن |
 Pashto: کروهه |
 Portuguese: acreditar |
 Romanian: a crede |
 Russian: верить |
 Slovak: veriť |
 Slovenian: verjeti |
 Serbian: verovati |
 Swedish: tro [på] |
 Thai: เชื่อว่าจริง |
 Turkish: inanmak |
 Taiwanese: 相信 |
 Ukrainian: вірити |
 Urdu: یقین کرنا |
 Vietnamese: công nhận |
 Chinese: 相信 |
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