believe
verb
[ bɪˈliːv ]
• accept that (something) is true, especially without proof.
• "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
Similar:
be convinced by,
trust,
have confidence in,
consider honest,
consider truthful,
regard as true,
accept as true,
accept,
give credence to,
credit,
give credit to,
put confidence in,
count on,
rely on,
depend on,
swallow,
swallow something hook,
line,
and sinker,
fall for,
go for,
buy,
take as gospel,
• hold (something) as an opinion; think.
• "I believe we've already met"
Similar:
think,
be of the opinion that,
think it likely that,
have an idea that,
imagine,
feel,
have a feeling,
hold,
maintain,
suspect,
suppose,
assume,
presume,
conjecture,
surmise,
postulate that,
theorize that,
conclude,
come to the conclusion that,
deduce,
understand,
be given to understand,
take it,
gather,
fancy,
guess,
dare say,
figure,
reckon,
ween,
Origin:
late Old English belȳfan, belēfan, alteration of gelēfan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geloven and German glauben, also to lief.
