Believe

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Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Pronunciation
1.2 Transitive Verb
1.3 Intransitive Verb

1.3.1 Translations
1.3.2 Related terms

English

Pronunciation

SAMPA: /bI'liv/

IPA: /bɪˈliːv/

Transitive Verb

believe

To accept as true.
I believe these numbers.
To consider likely.
I don't know for sure, but I believe it will rain tomorrow.
To accept that someone is telling the truth.
I believe you when you say that.

Intransitive Verb

believe

To have religious faith.
After that night in the church, I believed.

Translations

Chinese: 相信
Dutch: geloven
Finnish: uskoa, arvella
French: croire
German: glauben
Greek: θεωρήσει
Indonesian: percaya
Italian: credere
Japanese: 信じる (しんじる, shinjiru)
Norwegian: tro
Portuguese: acreditar
Russian: верить (verit')
Spanish: creer

Related terms

belief
believable
believability
believer
can you believe
disbelieve
unbeliever

WordNet Definitions

five

1. 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").
2. think, believe, consider, conceive -- (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").
3. believe, trust -- (be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war").
4. believe -- (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too").
5. believe -- (credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?").

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