Definitions for believe

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believe be·lieve

Spelling: [bih-leev]

IPA: /bɪˈliv/

Believe is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in believe (beeeilv).

Definitions for believe

Idioms

1. make believe. make1 (def 68).

Verb phrases

1. believe in, to be persuaded of the truth or existence of: to have faith in the reliability, honesty, benevolence, etc., of:

verb (used with object)

1. to have confidence or faith in the truth of (a positive assertion, story, etc.); give credence to.
2. to have confidence in the assertions of (a person).
3. to have a conviction that (a person or thing) is, has been, or will be engaged in a given action or involved in a given situation:
4. to suppose or assume; understand (usually followed by a noun clause):

verb (used without object)

1. to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so:

Origin of believe

1150-1200; Middle English bileven, equivalent to bi- be- + leven, Old English (Anglian) gelēfan (cognate with Dutch gelooven, German glauben, Gothic galaubjan)

Examples for believe

Has he then made you believe that he would divorce Hipparete?

I believe he has given the Athenians philtres to make them love him.

When I was twenty I could have loved him devotedly, I believe.

“We believe the gun was in it the whole time,” the investigator says.

Moreover, I believe, dearest Eudora, that half your wrongs are in your own imagination.

But believe me, Eudora, Alcibiades will never divorce Hipparete.

What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.

I believe in the power of institutions—Congress, public policy, certain ideas about politics—that last for a long time.