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"I believe her to be very smart"verbjudge or regard; look upon; judgetype of:
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"I believe that he will come back from the war"verbbe confident about something
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"I believed his report" "We didn't believe his stories from the War" "She believes in spirits"verbaccept as true; take to be trueOpposite:type of:
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"You cannot believe this man" "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"verbcredit with veracitytype of:
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"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"verbfollow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
Definition that contains believe
- understand believe to be the case
- swallow believe or accept without questioning or challenge
- suspected believed likely
- supposedly believed or reputed to be the case
- infer believe to be the case
- purportedly believed or reputed to be the case
- jehovah's witness believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism