- believing - the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing"
--1 is a kind of basic cognitive process
--1 has particulars: doublethink
- 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"
--1 is one way to accept
Antonyms: disbelieve, discredit
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun belief1, noun believer1
They believe him to write the letter
- 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"
--2 is one way to judge
Sample sentence:
They believe that there was a traffic accident
- believe, trust - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
--3 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun belief2
They believe that there was a traffic accident
- believe - follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
--4 is one way to believe
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun believer2
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Somebody ----s PP
- believe - credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
--5 is one way to credit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody