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   believe

   /bɪˈliːv/

   verb

   • 1. accept that (something) is true, especially without proof: "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story" Similar be convinced bytrusthave confidence inconsider honestconsider truthfulregard as trueaccept as trueacceptbe convinced bygive credence tocreditgive credit totrustput confidence incount onrely ondepend oninformal:swallowswallow something hook, line, and sinkerfall forgo forbuytake as gospelOpposite disbelievedisbelieve
   • ▪ accept the statement of (someone) as true: "he didn't believe her"
   • ▪ have religious faith: "there are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe"
   • ▪ feel sure that someone is capable of doing something: "I wouldn't have believed it of Lavinia—what an extraordinary woman!"
   • 2. hold (something) as an opinion; think: "I believe we've already met" Similar thinkbe of the opinion thatthink it likely thathave an idea thatimaginefeelhave a feelingholdmaintainsuspectsupposeassumepresumeconjecturesurmisepostulate thattheorize thatconcludecome to the conclusion thatdeduceunderstandbe given to understandtake itgatherfancyguessdare sayfigureinformal:reckonarchaic:weenOpposite doubt

   Word Origin late Old Englishbelȳfan, belēfan, alteration of gelēfan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geloven and German glauben, also to lief.

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   Synonyms for BELIEVE: accept, understand, take, trust, buy, swallow, credit, assume; Antonyms of BELIEVE: reject, doubt, suspect, disbelieve, discredit, question, distrust, challenge

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   She chooses to disbelieve the evidence. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of believe. Learn more. To believe someone or something means to think something is true, or to think that what someone says is true.

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   Synonyms for BELIEF: credit, faith, axiom, certainty, assurance, conviction, credence, principle; Antonyms of BELIEF: doubt, disbelief, unbelief, discredit, uncertainty, skepticism, nonbelief, suspicion.

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   Synonyms for BELIEVING: convinced, accepting, confident, unquestioning, sure, overconfident, trusting, unsuspecting; Antonyms of BELIEVING: uncertain, skeptical, questioning, doubtful, doubting, distrustful, disbelieving, mistrustful.

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    Synonyms for BELIEVE: accept, buy, swallow, consider, think, deem, hold, opine, accept, affirm, credit, buy, conceive, judge, swallow, conclude; Antonyms for BELIEVE: disbelieve, doubt, deny, suspect, distrust.

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