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be·lieve
 believe
- pronunciation:
- b
liv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- believe in
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
believed, believes, believing |
| definition 1: |
to accept as honest or true.
They believe every word their leader says.- synonyms:
- buy, credit, trust
- antonyms:
- disbelieve, discount, doubt
- similar words:
- accept, accredit, acknowledge, assume, put stock in, recognize, repute, swallow, take
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| definition 2: |
to have some confidence; suppose (usu. fol. by a clause serving as object).
She believes that he will succeed even if the others don't.I believe they'll be arriving around noon.I believe you already know the answer to that.- synonyms:
- guess, suppose, suspect, think, trust
- antonyms:
- doubt
- similar words:
- figure, hold, imagine, know, maintain, opine, presume, surmise
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| definition 3: |
to have confidence in the truthfulness or correctness of.
He said he lost his homework, and I believe him.I don't need any more convincing; I believe you!- similar words:
- trust
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| related words: |
account, conceive, consider, deem, esteem, fancy, feel, find, hope, postulate, swear by, think |
| phrase: |
believe in |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to have a firm conviction or belief, often of a religious nature.
They do not require evidence; they simply believe.- antonyms:
- disbelieve, doubt
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| related words: |
estimate, feel |
| derivations: |
believable (adj.), believing (adj.), believably (adv.), believer (n.) |
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