believe

believe is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

behind - believe - benefit

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 & intransitive) When you believe something, 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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