English to English
verb
- accept as true; take to be true
I believed his report.
We didn't believe his stories from the War.
She believes in spirits.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be confident about something
I believe that he will come back from the war.
source: WordNet 3.0
- follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too.
source: WordNet 3.0
- credit with veracity
You cannot believe this man.
Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.
source: Webster 1913
- To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [bilív] Maniwalà; umakalà
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
