Dictionary Entry
believe
believe is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.
- 2intransitive verb
To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
- 3intransitive verb
To think; to suppose.
- 4verb
accept as true; take to be true
"I believed his report"
"We didn't believe his stories from the War"
- 5verb
credit with veracity
"You cannot believe this man"
"Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
- 6verb
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
- 7verb
judge or regard; look upon; judge
"I think he is very smart"
"I believe her to be very smart"
- 8verb
be confident about something
"I believe that he will come back from the war"
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