believe insomething
phrasal verbwithbelieveverb[T]uk/bɪˈliːv/us/bɪˈliːv/
B1
to becertainthat somethingexists:
Do youbelieveinghosts?
B2
to beconfidentthat something iseffectiveandright:
They don'tbelieveinlivingtogether beforemarriage.
Hebelievesin saying what hethinks.
- Somepeoplebelieveinlifeafterdeath.
- Shestronglybelievesin thecurativepowersof thelocalmineralwater.
- Do youbelievein an all-powerfulgod?
- Did youbelieveinfairieswhen you were little?
- Thetragedymade herquestioneverything shebelievedin.
Believing
- accept
- allegedly
- article of faith
- ascribesomethingtosomething
- ascription
- belief
- credit
- evidently
- feel it inyourbonesidiom
- givesomeonethe benefit of the doubtidiom
- gospel
- hold
- incline to/towardssomething
- seesomethinginsomeone/something
- seeing is believingidiom
- self-deceit
- self-deceiving
- self-deluded
- stock
- word