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What (who) is BELIEVE - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Beleive; Believe (song); Believe (disambiguation); Believing; Believe (album); Believe (Single); Believe-EP; Believe (film)
believe
(believes, believing, believed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure. (FORMAL)
Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive...
I believe you have something of mine...
The main problem, I believe, lies elsewhere...
We believe them to be hidden here in this apartment...
'You've never heard of him?'-'I don't believe so.'
= think
VERB: V that, V that, V that, V n to-inf, V so/not, also V n adj
2.
If you believe someone or if you believe what they say or write, you accept that they are telling the truth.
He did not sound as if he believed her...
Don't believe what you read in the papers.
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If you believe in fairies, ghosts, or miracles, you are sure that they exist or happen. If you believe in a god, you are sure of the existence of that god.
I don't believe in ghosts...
Do you believe in magic?
VERB: V in n, V in n, also V
4.
If you believe in a way of life or an idea, you are in favour of it because you think it is good or right.
He believed in marital fidelity.
VERB: V in n
5.
If you believe in someone or what they are doing, you have confidence in them and think that they will be successful.
If you believe in yourself you can succeed.
VERB: V in n
6.
Believe is used in expressions such as I can't believe how or it's hard to believe that in order to express surprise, for example because something bad has happened or something very difficult has been achieved.
Many officers I spoke to found it hard to believe what was happening around them...
VERB: with brd-neg, V wh, also V that [feelings]
7.
You can use believe it or not to emphasize that what you have just said is surprising.
That's normal, believe it or not.
PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis]
8.
If you say would you believe it, you are emphasizing your surprise about something.
And would you believe it, he's younger than me!
PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis]
9.
You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true.
It's absolutely amazing, believe you me.
PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis]
Believe
II. Believe ·vi To have a firm persuasion, ·esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
III. Believe ·noun 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.
believe
I. v. a.
Credit, give credit to, think to be true, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, make no doubt of, put confidence in, be persuaded, convinced, confident, or sure of, assent to, trust, confide in.
II. v. n.
1.
Exercise faith, have faith, have a firm persuasion.
2.
Think, suppose, conceive, fancy, apprehend, imagine, hold, be of opinion, entertain the idea, take it. See opine.
Wikipedia
Believe
Believe may refer to:
- Belief, a psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true, with or without proof for such proposition
- Faith, a belief in something which has not been proven
Examples of use of BELIEVE
1. The Lib Dems are a make–believe party with a make–believe philosophy, a make–believe reputation and make–believe MPs.
2. There‘s three things to believe in: Believe in yourself.
3. "They just want to believe what they believe," she said.
4. We believe –– we believe everybody desires to be free.
5. Now if you believe that you‘re entitled to believe it.