Meaning of believe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
   transitive
2. To accept that someone is telling the truth.
   transitive
3. To trust what one has heard.
4. To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
   intransitive
5. To trust what one has seen.
6. To opine, think, reckon.
   transitive
7. To place trust or confidence in:bank on (or upon), count on (or upon), depend on (or upon), reckon on (or upon), rely on (or upon), trust (in).
8. geloofbaar قابِل للتَّصْديق правдоподобен acreditável uvěřitelný glaubhaft troværdig πιστευτόςcreíble usutav باورکردنی uskottava croyableאמין विश्वसनीय, विश्वास योग्य vjerojatan (el)hihető bisa dipercaya trúanlegur credibile 信じられる 믿을 수 있는 įtikėtinas ticams boleh dipercayai geloofwaardigtroverdig, troligwiarygodny د منلو وړ acreditável credibil правдоподобный uveriteľný verjeten verovatan trolig, trovärdig ที่น่าเชื่อถือ inanılır 可信的 ймовірний, правдоподібний قابل یقین có thể tin được 可信任的
9. [with in]
10. To ascribe existence to.
11. a person who has (especially religious) beliefs. a true believer. gelowige مُؤْمِن вярващ crente věřící der/die Gläubige troende ο πιστός, οπαδός μιας θρησκείας creyente usklik معتقد؛ با ایمان uskova croyant/-ante מאמין धार्मिक विश्वास रखने वाला vjernik hívő orang beriman, penganut trúmaður credente 信者 믿는 사람 tikintysis ticīgais penganut gelovigetroende, tilhengerwierzący منونکی، مومن crente credincios верующий veriaci vernik vernik troende [person] ผู้ที่เชื่อถือ inanan, mümin 信仰者 віруючий ای...
    especially
12. To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
13. to accept the existence or recognize the value of (something). Do you believe in ghosts?; He believes in capital punishment. glo يُؤْمِن (بِوُجود) вярвам в acreditar em věřit v glauben an tro på πιστεύω σε κτ. creer en uskuma اعتقاد داشتن؛ ایمان داشتن hyväksyä jnk olemassaolo croire לְהַאֲמִין में विश्वास रखना या आस्था रखना vjerovati u nešto hisz vmiben mempercayai trúa á credere ～を信じる ...의 존재를 믿다, (어떤) 가치를 인정하다 tikėti kuo, laikyti reikalingu ticēt; būt pārliecinātam percaya geloven intro på;...
14. To have confidence in the ability or power of.
15. To accept as true or real: Do you believe the news stories?
16. To credit with veracity: I believe you.
17. To expect or suppose; think: I believe they will arrive shortly.
18. To have firm faith, especially religious faith.

Equivalents

Examples

“If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.”

“I believe there are faeries.”

“FOꝛaſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet fooꝛth in oꝛder a declaration of thoſe things which are most ſurely beleeued among vs[…]”

“Many persons believe that the so-called "dollar of the daddies," weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of "16 to 1" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution.”

“[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.”

“Why did I ever believe you?”

“BEloued, beleeue not euery ſpirit, but trie the ſpirits, whether they are of God: becauſe many falſe prophets are gone out into the woꝛld.”

“After that night in the church, I believed.”

“[N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]”

“Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.”

““Some people believe him charismatic,” Van Assen told me. “I am less sensitive to it.””

“He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.”

“Do you believe in God / the Easter Bunny / ghosts?”

“Since I don't believe in reincarnation, I believe that the only way to eliminate suffering is to die.”

“I don't believe in sex before marriage.”

“I don't believe in making my bed.”

“I'm happy to tell you there is very little in this world that I believe in.”

“The couple is one of the celebrities who believed in open relationships.”

“I believe in you, man! You can do it!”

“I believe in America. America has made my fortune and I raised my daughter in the American fashion.”

“Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you. Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers! Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.”

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