VERB | cognition | believe | accept as true |
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cognition | believe, think, consider, conceive | judge or regard | |
cognition | believe, trust | be confident about something | |
cognition | believe | follow a credo | |
cognition | believe | credit with veracity |
Sounds | bihliy'v | |
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Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... |
Meaning | Accept as true; take to be true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They believe him to write the letter | |
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Narrower | believe | Follow a credo |
believe in | Have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something | |
buy | Accept as true | |
swallow | Believe or accept without questioning or challenge | |
trust | Have confidence or faith in | |
understand, infer | Believe to be the case | |
Broader | accept | Consider or hold as true |
Opposite | disbelieve, discredit | Reject as false |
Spanish | confiar, considerar, creer | |
Catalan | considerar, creure | |
Adjectives | believable | capable of being believed |
Nouns | belief | any cognitive content held as true |
believer | a supporter who accepts something as true |
Meaning | judge or regard; look upon; judge. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They believe that there was a traffic accident | |
Example | "I believe her to be very smart" | |
Synonyms | think, consider, conceive | |
Narrower | feel | Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude |
hold | Remain committed to | |
rethink | change one's mind | |
see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be | |
think | dispose the mind in a certain way | |
think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be | look on as or consider | |
Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
Spanish | considerar, creer, opinar, pensar | |
Catalan | considerar, creure, pensar |
Meaning | Be confident about something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They believe that there was a traffic accident | |
Example | "I believe that he will come back from the war" | |
Synonym | trust | |
Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
Spanish | considerar | |
Catalan | considerar, pensar | |
Nouns | belief | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
Meaning | Follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" | |
Category | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
Narrower | misbelieve | hold a false or unorthodox belief |
Broader | believe | Accept as true |
Spanish | creer | |
Nouns | believer | a person who has religious faith |
Meaning | credit with veracity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
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Broader | credit | Have trust in |
Spanish | creer | |
Adjectives | believable | capable of being believed |
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