believing Definition

believe
verb believed, believing

1. To accept what is said by someone as true

Example: Why don't you believe me?
2. To accept something said or proposed, eg about someone, as true.

Example: cannot believe his story
Example: cannot believe that of John
Form: believe something of someone (sometimes)
3. To think, assume or suppose.

Example: I believe she comes from Turkey
Thesaurus: think, consider, maintain, suppose, conclude, reckon, trust.

Derivative: believable
adj

Derivative: believably
adverb

Derivative: believer
noun

A person who believes, especially someone who believes in God.
Thesaurus: adherent, disciple, devotee, convert, follower, proselyte, zealot; Antonym: skeptic.

Idiom: believe it or not (can you believe it?, would you believe it?)

It seems incredible (but in fact it is true).

Idiom: not be able to believe one's ears (not be able to believe one's eyes)

colloq
To find it hard to believe what one is hearing or seeing.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon belyfan.

Phrasal Verb: believe in someone

To have trust or confidence in them.

Phrasal Verb: believe in something or someone

To be convinced of the existence of it or them
Example: Do you believe in ghosts?
To have religious faith, or other forms of conviction, about God or a Supreme being, etc.

Phrasal Verb: believe in something

To consider it right or good.
Example: I believe in being honest