believe

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /bɪˈliːv/ or /bəˈliːv/
• SAMPA: /bI"li:v/ or /b@"li:v/

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Verb

Plain form believe

Third-person singular believes

Past tense believed

Past participle believed

Present participle believing

1. (intransitive) When you believe, you have faith in something.

   He believes in one God.

2. (transitive) When you believe a thing, you accept it as true.

   He was wrong when he believed all of the lies he was told.

   I believe that the man told the truth.

Synonyms

• think

Related words

• disbelief
• believable
• unbelievable
• unbelievably
• believer
• unbeliever
• disbelievingly
• disbeliever
• unbelief
• unbelieving
• unbelievingly
• disbelieve

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