[ UK /bɪlˈiːv/ ]
[ US /bɪˈɫiv/ ]
VERB
  1. accept as true; take to be true
    She believes in spirits
    I believed his report
    We didn't believe his stories from the War
  2. be confident about something
    I believe that he will come back from the war
  3. credit with veracity
    You cannot believe this man
    Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?
  4. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
    When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too
  5. judge or regard; look upon; judge
    I believe her to be very smart
    The racist conceives such people to be inferior
    I think he is very smart
    I think that he is her boyfriend
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How To Use believe In A Sentence

  • I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
  • Who is willing to believe that Alexandria is exactly 5000 stadia from Syene, whatever the value of the stadium?
  • We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
  • One can hardly believe that this paper mill was started from scratch only a few years ago.
  • The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
  • We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
  • Washington, who believed liquor a particular scourge among blacks, sent felicitations. LAST CALL
  • We believe that this directly relates to reality programming that has been instilled in our race since its conception.
  • Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
  • Some people believe that Richard III did not murder his nephews and was not the villain he is generally thought to have been.
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