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Verb
/biˈlēv/,
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believes, 3rd person singular present; believed, past tense; believed, past participle; believing, present participle;
  1. Accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of
    • - the superintendent believed Lancaster's story
    • - Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead
  2. Accept the statement of (someone) as true
    • - he didn't believe her or didn't want to know
  3. Have faith, esp. religious faith
    • - there are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe
  4. Feel sure that (someone) is capable of a particular action
    • - I wouldn't have believed it of Lois—what an extraordinary woman!
  5. Hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose
    • - I believe we've already met
    • - things were not as bad as the experts believed
    • - humu-humu are, I believe, shrimp fritters
    • - four men were believed to be trapped
  1. the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing"
  2. (believingly) credulously: in a credulous manner; "the children followed the teacher credulously"
  3. (belief) any cognitive content held as true
  4. (belief) impression: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
  5. (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"
  6. (believe) think: 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"
  7. Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
  8. (Belief (album)) Belief is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the first album recorded with drummer Julian Beeston (who took over from David Gooday), and Flood took over as producer from Phil Harding. It was released by Mute Records on .
  9. (Belief (sociology)) Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective stemming from symbolic interactionism. The term was first adapted into sociology from the theatre by Erving Goffman, who developed most of the related terminology and ideas in his 1959 book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. ...
  10. (Belief (song)) "Belief" was the second single from John Mayer's 2006 album Continuum. The song features Ben Harper on guitar.
  11. (Believe (Bilan album)) '''''' (Ди́ма Била́н, ; born Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, , 24 December 1981 in Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia) is a Russian pop artist. ...
  12. (Believe (Blue October UK song)) Blue October UK are an Essex based Synthpop/Pop/Dance band formed in 1996 by Glen Wisbey and Barney Miller.
  13. (believingly) in a believing manner
  14. (belief) Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence; Something believed; The quality or state of believing; Religious faith; One's religious or moral convictions
  15. (believe) To think something is true without having proof or empirical evidence; (Can we verify^(+) this sense? ...
  16. (Belief) mental acceptance that something is true or false, valid or invalid.
  17. (belief) n. convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation. In a common phrase "upon information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed information, so the person declaring the belief is hedging his/her bet as to whether the belief is correct.
  18. (BELIEF) Agreement with a given world view. E.g. Belief in the existence of God. (JA)
  19. (6. Belief) If you possess a strong Belief theme, you have certain core values that are enduring. These values vary from one person to another, but ordinarily your belief theme causes you to be family-oriented, altruistic, even spiritual, and to value responsibility and high ethics - both in ...
  20. (BELIEF) An explanation of facts chosen by an individual, when there is no scientific explanation
  21. (BELIEF) The acceptance of the truths of the gospel. More than a mental assent, belief as used in the NT includes trusting in God from the heart. Such belief results from (1) hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17) and (2) a gift of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:8). ...
  22. (BELIEF) The degree to which an individual believes in conventional values, morality, and the legitimacy of law. In Travis Hirschi's work, aspects of the ‘social bond’.
  23. (BELIEF) to place one's trust in God's truth; to take God at His Word and trust in him for salvation.
  24. (Belief) A descriptive thought that a person holds about something.
  25. (Belief) A mental act by which a social fact comes into being. The everyday use of the word does not begin to be adequate in pointing to the utter, complete, and naive acceptance of a social fact as really true. ...