Etymology: [ b&-lEv ] (verb.) before 12th century. From be-/ge- + a short form of Old English ġelȳfan, (leafa).
Synonyms: accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have
To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth, To accept as true, To think something is true without having proof or empirical evidence, To consider likely, To accept as true without empirical evidence, To accept that someone is telling the truth, If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure. 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, 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, have faith in, think to be true, To have a firm persuasion, esp, 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, of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith, accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits", To think; to suppose, emphasis If you say would you believe it, you are emphasizing your surprise about something. And would you believe it, he's younger than me!, credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?", 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", emphasis You can use believe it or not to emphasize that what you have just said is surprising. That's normal, believe it or not, feelings 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, 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?, 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, 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, be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war", emphasis You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true. It's absolutely amazing, believe you me, accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?" follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war, BELIEVE is a modal operator in the language for representing logical forms BELIEVE and other operators like it have some unexpected properties such as failure of substitutivity For more details, read page 237 in Allen Page 542 ff provides yet more on belief in NLP (but this material is well beyond the needs of COMP9414), follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too", Chia, v to think; to feel sure of; to accept as true; to trust, To accepting something as true, or possibly true [see True Believer [SD] ] without firm evidence Fundies confuse the meaning of the word belief [IEP] with the word "knowledge" and assume that because they have a belief [CE] about something, it must be true In spite of the frequent use of the word by Fundies, only the most educationally advanced among them are able to actually spell the word properly Many Fundies spell the word as "beleive" or "beleeve", wierzyc [VYEH-zheetch] There's a word wieza, which means "steeple," so one way to think of this word would be to think of believers who go to church, or a steeple (Thanks Mom!) Date of entry: 30 April 2000, vt mempercayai (percaya), be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war, credit, Adam and Eve, leve, past of believe, third-person singular of believe, faith, trust, confidence in, the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing", That believes; having belief, the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing, present participle of believe,
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To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth - "After that night in the church, I believed."
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To accept as true - "If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change."
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To think something is true without having proof or empirical evidence - "I believe there is life after death."
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To consider likely - "I believe it might rain tomorrow.(This definition is the same as "to accept as true", but for a likely event "might rain tomorrow")."
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To accept as true without empirical evidence - "I believe in faeries"
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To accept that someone is telling the truth - "Why did I ever believe you?"
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If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure. 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
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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
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have faith in, think to be true fiil
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To have a firm persuasion, esp
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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
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of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith
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accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
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To think; to suppose
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emphasis If you say would you believe it, you are emphasizing your surprise about something. And would you believe it, he's younger than me!
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credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
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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"
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emphasis You can use believe it or not to emphasize that what you have just said is surprising. That's normal, believe it or not
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feelings 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
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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?
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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
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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
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be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
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emphasis You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true. It's absolutely amazing, believe you me
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accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?" follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war
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BELIEVE is a modal operator in the language for representing logical forms BELIEVE and other operators like it have some unexpected properties such as failure of substitutivity For more details, read page 237 in Allen Page 542 ff provides yet more on belief in NLP (but this material is well beyond the needs of COMP9414)
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follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
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Chia
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v to think; to feel sure of; to accept as true; to trust
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To accepting something as true, or possibly true [see True Believer [SD] ] without firm evidence Fundies confuse the meaning of the word belief [IEP] with the word "knowledge" and assume that because they have a belief [CE] about something, it must be true In spite of the frequent use of the word by Fundies, only the most educationally advanced among them are able to actually spell the word properly Many Fundies spell the word as "beleive" or "beleeve"
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wierzyc [VYEH-zheetch] There's a word wieza, which means "steeple," so one way to think of this word would be to think of believers who go to church, or a steeple (Thanks Mom!) Date of entry: 30 April 2000
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vt mempercayai (percaya)
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be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war
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To believe.
credit - "Someone said there had been over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that."
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To believe.
Adam and Eve - "Would you Adam and Eve it, I've only gone an' lost me wallet, ain't I?"
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leve
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believed
past of believe
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believes
third-person singular of believe
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believing
faith, trust, confidence in isim
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believing
the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing"
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believing
That believes; having belief
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believing
the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing
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