Verb

• (118)S: (v) 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"
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• W: (adj) believable [Related to: believe] (capable of being believed) "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"
• W: (n) belief [Related to: believe] (any cognitive content held as true)
• W: (n) believer [Related to: believe] (a supporter who accepts something as true)
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• (72)S: (v) think, believe, consider, conceive (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"
• (37)S: (v) believe, trust (be confident about something) "I believe that he will come back from the war"
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• (10)S: (v) believe (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer) "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
• (2)S: (v) believe (credit with veracity) "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"