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Believes - definition of believes by The Free Dictionary Believes - definition of believes by The Free Dictionary https://www.thefreedictionary.com/believes Printer Friendly believe (redirected from believes ) Also found in: Thesaurus , Idioms . be·lieve (bĭ-lēv′) v. be·lieved , be·liev·ing , be·lieves v. tr. 1. To accept as true or real: Do you believe the news stories? 2. To credit with veracity: I believe you. 3. To expect or suppose; think: I believe they will arrive shortly. v. intr. 1. To have firm faith, especially religious faith. 2. To have faith, confidence, or trust: I believe in your ability to solve the problem. 3. To have confidence in the truth or value of something: We believe in free speech. 4. To have an opinion; think: They have already left, I believe. Idioms: believe (one's) ears To trust what one has heard. believe (one's) eyes To trust what one has seen. [Middle English bileven , from Old English belȳfan, belēfan, gelēfan ; see leubh- in Indo-European roots .] be·liev′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. believe ( bɪˈliːv ) vb 1. ( tr; may take a clause as object ) to accept (a statement, supposition, or opinion) as true: I believe God exists . 2. ( tr ) to accept the statement or opinion of (a person) as true 3. (foll by: in ) to be convinced of the truth or existence (of): to believe in fairies . 4. ( intr ) to have religious faith 5. ( when tr, takes a clause as object ) to think, assume, or suppose: I believe that he has left already . 6. ( tr; foll by of; used with can, could, would, etc ) to think that someone is able to do (a particular action): I wouldn't have believed it of him . [Old English beliefan ] beˈlievaˌbility n beˈlievable adj beˈlievably adv beˈliever n beˈlieving n , adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 be•lieve (bɪˈliv) v. -lieved, -liev•ing. v.i. 1. to have confidence in the truth, existence, reliability, or value of something. 2. to have religious faith. v.t. 3. to have confidence or faith in the truth of: I can't believe that story. 4. to have confidence in the assertions of (a person). 5. to hold as an opinion; suppose; think: I believe they are out of town. [1150–1200; Middle English bileven, late Old English belȳfan, belēfan] be•liev`a•bil′i•ty, be•liev′a•ble•ness, n. be•liev′a•ble, adj. be•liev′a•bly, adv. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. believe 1. 'believe' If you believe someone or believe what they say, you think that what they say is true. I don't believe you. Don't believe anything you read in that newspaper. If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true. I believe some of those lakes are over a hundred feet deep. Police believe that the fire was started deliberately. Be Careful! Believe is not used in the progressive. Don't say, for example, ' I am believing you '. You say 'I believe you'. I believe that these findings should be presented to your readers. 2. 'don't believe' Instead of saying that you 'believe that something is not' true, you usually say that you don't believe that it is true. I just don't believe that Alan had anything to do with it . 3. passive forms You can say either that it is believed that something is true, or that something is believed to be true. For example, you can say ' It is believed that the building is 700 years old' or 'The building is believed to be 700 years old'. It is believed that two prisoners have escaped. This is widely believed to be the tallest tree in England. 4. 'believe in' If you believe in something, you think that it exists. I don't believe in ghosts. My children still believe in Father Christmas. If you believe in an idea or policy, you think it is good or right. We believe in freedom of speech. Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 believe Past participle: believed Gerund: believing Imperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative believe believe Present I believe you believe he/she/it believes we believe you believe they believe Preterite I believed you believed he/she/it believed we believed you believed they believed Present Continuous I am believing you are believing he/she/it is believing we are believing you are believing they are believing Present Perfect I have believed you have believed he/she/it has believed we have believed you have believed they have believed Past Continuous I was believing you were believing he/she/it was believing we were believing you were believing they were believing Past Perfect I had believed you had believed he/she/it had believed we had believed you had believed they had believed Future I will believe you will believe he/she/it will believe we will believe you will believe they will believe Future Perfect I will have believed you will have believed he/she/it will have believed we will have believed you will have believed they will have believed Future Continuous I will be believing you will be believing he/she/it will be believing we will be believing you will be believing they will be believing Present Perfect Continuous I have been believing you have been believing he/she/it has been believing we have been believing you have been believing they have been believing Future Perfect Continuous I will have been believing you will have been believing he/she/it will have been believing we will have been believing you will have been believing they will have been believing Past Perfect Continuous I had been believing you had been believing he/she/it had been believing we had been believing you had been believing they had been believing Conditional I would believe you would believe he/she/it would believe we would believe you would believe they would believe Past Conditional I would have believed you would have believed he/she/it would have believed we would have believed you would have believed they would have believed Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus Verb 1. 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" understand , infer - believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" swallow - believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" buy - accept as true; "I can't buy this story" believe - follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" rely , trust , swear , bank - have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" believe in - have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something; "John believes in oat bran" disbelieve , discredit - reject as false; refuse to accept 2. believe - 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" think , conceive , consider hold - remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas" pass judgment , evaluate , judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" rethink - change one's mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" think - dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?" look upon , regard as , repute , take to be , esteem , look on , think of - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" feel - have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" consider , regard , view , reckon , see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" 3. believe - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" trust anticipate , expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" 4. believe - follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" faith , religion , religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" 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" misbelieve - hold a false or unorthodox belief 5. believe - credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" credit - have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. believe verb 1. think , consider , judge , suppose , maintain , estimate , imagine , assume , gather , guess (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) , reckon , conclude , deem , speculate , presume , conjecture , postulate , surmise I believe you have something of mine. 2. accept , hold