OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 6176

believe

/bɪˈliːv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
creer
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
I believe there are faeries.
If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
creer
To accept that someone is telling the truth.
Why did I ever believe you?
creer • tener fe
To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
After that night in the church, I believed.
creer
To opine, think, reckon.
Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.
“Some people believe him charismatic,” Van Assen told me. “I am less sensitive to it.”