| 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 | |
| Examples |
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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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