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believe
Overview of verb believe
The verb believe has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (119) 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")
2. (72) 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")
3. (37) believe, trust -- (be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war")
4. (10) believe -- (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too")
5. (2) believe -- (credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?")
Grep of noun believe
believer
make-believe
Antonyms of verb believe
1 of 5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
Antonym of disbelieve (Sense 1)
=>disbelieve, discredit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb believe
5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
believe, trust
=> expect, anticipate
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
believe
=> believe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 5
believe
=> credit
=> trust, swear, rely, bank
=> believe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb believe
3 of 5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
=> understand, infer
=> swallow
=> buy
=> believe
=> trust, swear, rely, bank
=> believe in
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
=> hold
=> rethink
=> think
=> think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be
=> feel
=> see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sense 4
believe
=> misbelieve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb believe
5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
=> accept
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Sense 3
believe, trust
=> expect, anticipate
Sense 4
believe
=> believe
Sense 5
believe
=> credit
'Cause To' of verb believe
Derived Forms of verb believe
4 of 5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
RELATED TO>(adj) believable#1
=> credible, believable
RELATED TO>(noun) belief#1
=> belief
RELATED TO>(noun) believer#1
=> believer, truster
Sense 3
believe, trust
RELATED TO>(noun) belief#2
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
Sense 4
believe
RELATED TO>(noun) believer#2
=> believer, worshiper, worshipper
Sense 5
believe
RELATED TO>(adj) believable#1
=> credible, believable
Domain of verb believe
1 of 5 senses of believe
Sense 4
believe
TOPIC>(noun) religion#1, faith#1, religious belief#1
Domain Terms of verb believe
Familiarity of verb believe
believe used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb believe
5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
EX: They believe him to write the letter
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
EX: They believe that there was a traffic accident
Sense 3
believe, trust
EX: They believe that there was a traffic accident
Sense 4
believe
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
believe
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb believe
5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe
> accept
=> acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> believe
=> receive
=> approbate
=> resign, reconcile, submit
=> acknowledge
=> take a bow
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Sense 3
believe, trust
> expect, anticipate
=> think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
=> assume, presume, take for granted
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> believe, trust
Sense 4
believe
> believe
=> understand, infer
=> swallow
=> buy
=> believe
=> trust, swear, rely, bank
=> believe in
Sense 5
believe
> credit
=> believe
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb believe
Sense 1
believe
=> accept
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Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Sense 3
believe, trust
=> expect, anticipate
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Sense 4
believe
=> believe
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Sense 5
believe
=> credit
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Grep of verb believe
believe
believe in
disbelieve
make believe
misbelieve
Grep of adj believe
make-believe
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