believe
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(verb) accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
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Related Words: accept, bank, believe, believe in, buy, gather, infer, rely, swallow, swear, trust, understand |
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Antonyms: disbelieve |
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(verb) credit with veracity: "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the "national Inquirer?" |
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Related Words: credit |
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(verb) follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
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Related Words: believe, misbelieve |
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(verb) be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
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Synonyms: trust |
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Related Words: anticipate, expect |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: conceive, consider, think |
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Related Words: consider, esteem, feel, hold, incline, judge, lean, look on, look upon, reckon, regard, regard as, repute, rethink, see, suspect, take to be, tend, think, think of, view |
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