Definitions for belief

belief be·lief

Spelling: [bih-leef]
IPA: /bɪˈlif/

Belief is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in belief (beefil).

Definitions for belief

noun

  1. something believed; an opinion or conviction:
  2. confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof:
  3. confidence; faith; trust:
  4. a religious tenet or tenets; religious creed or faith:

Origin of belief

1125-75; earlier bile(e)ve (noun use of v.); replacing Middle English bileave, equivalent to bi- be- + leave; compare Old English gelēafa (cognate with Dutch geloof, Ge

Examples for belief

The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.

In Hal Dozier there was a belief that the end justified the means.

They laid Paralus upon a couch, with the belief that he slept to wake no more.

His belief that officers really did find his fingerprints at the scene seems to have encouraged his false confession.

If any belief summed up the players I was writing about, here it was.

She had a belief that her father's house was nicer than other people's houses.

"I am inclined to the belief that nature is the best preacher," Ashton remarked.

The congressman traces his belief in Santa Claus back 40 years, when he was a student going to college “on the GI Bill.”

One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.

So we voice our hope and our belief that we can help to heal this divided world.

Word Value for belief
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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