Definition of believe Believe

/bɪliˈv/ - [bileev] - be•lieve

We found 20 definitions of believe from 7 different sources.

What does believe mean?

WordNet

Verb believes, believing, believed
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"
		disbelieve, discredit reject as false; refuse to accept
		accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
		infer, understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
		swallow believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
		buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
		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"
		rely, swear, trust, bank promise solemnly; take an oath
		believe in have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something; "John believes in oat bran"
believe - follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
		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"
		religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
		misbelieve hold a false or unorthodox belief
believe - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
		trust
		anticipate, expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
believe - credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
		credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

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Wiktionary

believe (Verb)
To think something is true without having proof or empirical evidence.
believe (Verb)
To accept that someone is telling the truth.
believe (Verb)
To accept as true.
believe (Verb)
To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
believe (Verb)
To consider likely.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

believe (n.)
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 (v. i.)
To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
believe (v. i.)
To think; to suppose.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

believe
To have as opinion, belief, or idea.
believe
To be confident about something.
believe
To give something for certain although unproven by science; to have faith.
believe
To consider what someone is telling as being the truth; to accept as or take to be true.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

believe
be-lēv′, v.t. to regard as true: to trust in.—v.i. to be firmly persuaded of anything: to exercise faith (with in, on): to think or suppose.—n. Belief′, persuasion of the truth of anything: faith: the opinion or doctrine believed: intuition, natural judgment (as used by some philosophers).—adjs. Belief′less; Believ′able, that may be believed.—n. Believ′er, one who believes: a professor of Christianity.—p.adj. Believ′ing, trustful.—adv. Believ′ingly.—The Belief (arch.), the Apostles' Creed.—To make believe, to pretend. [M. E. bileven—bi-, be-, and leven. Murray says that believe is an erroneous spelling of the 17th century, prob. after relieve. The A.S. form geléfan survived to the 14th century; the present compound, which superseded it, appears in the 12th century.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

believe
You would make me believe the moon is made of green cheese.
believe
Believe well and have well.

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believe, verb, present, 1st person singular of believe (infinitive).
believe, verb (infinitive).

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