believe

Etymology
From, , from , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

A related term in Old English was, from 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related also to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The prepositionally transitive senses with are a.

Verb

 * 1)  To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
 * 2)  To accept that someone is telling the truth.
 * 3)  To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
 * 4)  To opine, think, reckon.
 * 5) To ascribe existence to.
 * 6) To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
 * 7) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1)  To accept that someone is telling the truth.
 * 2)  To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
 * 3)  To opine, think, reckon.
 * 4) To ascribe existence to.
 * 5) To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
 * 6) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1)  To opine, think, reckon.
 * 2) To ascribe existence to.
 * 3) To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
 * 4) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To ascribe existence to.
 * 2) To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
 * 3) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
 * 2) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To have confidence in the ability or power of.
 * 1) To have confidence in the ability or power of.

Usage notes

 * The direct transitive sense and the prepositionally transitive sense are similar but can have very different implications.
 * To “believe” someone or something means to accept specific pieces of information as truth: believe the news, believe the lead witness. To “believe a complete stranger” means to accept a stranger's story with little evidence.
 * To “believe in” someone or something means to hold confidence and trust in that person or concept: believe in liberty, believe in God. To “believe in one's fellow man” means to place trust and confidence in mankind.
 * Meanings sometimes overlap. To believe in a religious text would also require affirming the truth of at least the major tenets. To believe a religious text might likewise imply placing one's confidence and trust in it, in addition to accepting its statements as facts.
 * This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Antonyms

 * disbelieve

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Alemannic German: aanemme
 * Amharic: አመነ
 * Arabic: صَدَّقَ
 * Moroccan Arabic: تاق
 * Aragonese:
 * Argobba: አመና
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: pistipsescu, cred
 * Asturian: creyer, creer
 * Aukan: biibi
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ышаныу
 * Belarusian: ве́рыць, паверыць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tuo
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: щин
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: credro
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kredi je,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: trúgva
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: crodi
 * Galician:
 * Ge'ez: አምነ
 * Georgian: დაჯერება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πιστεύω
 * Haitian Creole: kwè
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon: tuo
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: glaave
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: uskoa
 * Irish: creid
 * Old Irish: creitid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: akridita
 * Kazakh: сену
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ເຊື່ອ
 * Latgalian: ticēt, īticēt
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard:
 * Lü:
 * Luxembourgish: gleewen
 * Macedonian: верува
 * Malay: percaya
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: emmen
 * Mirandese: acraditar
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: craithe, creire
 * North Frisian: liiwe
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Old English: ġelīefan
 * Old Javanese: pracaya
 * Oromo: amanuu
 * Ossetian: уыриын
 * Ottoman Turkish: اینانمق
 * Persian:, , اعتقاد داشتن
 * Piedmontese: chërde
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: crair, crer, creir, crajer
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: श्रद्दधाति
 * Sardinian: crèdere, crèere, crei, crèiri, crere
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ве̏ровати, вје̏ровати
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Ohlone: aaman
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: bribi
 * Sundanese: percanten
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: maniwala
 * Tajik: бовар кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: инанырга
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ynanmak
 * Udmurt: оскыны
 * Ukrainian: ві́рити
 * Urdu: ماننا
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: crédar, créder
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: leauwe
 * Yiddish: גלייבן


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: صَدَّقَ
 * Moroccan Arabic: تاق
 * Asturian: creyer, creer
 * Bashkir: ышаныу
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: щин
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: νομίζω
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: creid
 * Old Irish: creitid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: akridita
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Luxembourgish: gleewen
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: emmen
 * Mirandese: acraditar
 * Norman: craithe, creire
 * Old English: ġelīefan
 * Old Occitan: creyre
 * Ottoman Turkish: اینانمق
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: श्रद्दधाति
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ве̏ровати, вје̏ровати
 * Roman: ве̏ровати,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: maniwala
 * Telugu: ఒప్పుకో
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ві́рити
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: leauwe


 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Arabic: ظَنَّ
 * Moroccan Arabic: ضنّ
 * Belarusian: меркава́ць, ду́маць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, mene
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: creid
 * Old Irish: creitid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: akridita
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Mirandese: acraditar
 * Norman: craithe, creire
 * Old English: ġelīefan
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich, saoil
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ве̏ровати, вје̏ровати
 * Roman: ве̏ровати,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: అనుకో
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: вважа́ти,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: leauwe


 * Arabic: (present tense: يُؤْمِن), صَدَّقَ
 * Moroccan Arabic: امن (present tense: كَيَامِن)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: creid
 * Old Irish: creitid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: akridita
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: emmen
 * Mirandese: acraditar
 * Navajo: oodlą́
 * Norman: craithe, creire
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: ġelīefan
 * Persian: ایمان داشتن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ве̏ровати, вје̏ровати
 * Roman: ве̏ровати,
 * Slovene:, verovati
 * Spanish:, tener fe
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ві́рувати, ві́рити
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: leauwe


 * Arabic:
 * Dutch: geloven in
 * Finnish:
 * French: croire à, croire en
 * German: glauben an
 * Irish: creid i
 * Polish: wierzyć w
 * Russian: ве́рить в
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ві́рити в


 * Dutch: geloven in
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: creid i
 * Polish:
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: geloven in
 * Finnish:
 * German: glauben an
 * Irish: iontaoibh a bheith agat, muinín a bheith agat
 * Polish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Interlingua:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Volapük: