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Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [bɪˈliv]
  • RP:
    • IPA: /bɪˈliːv/
    • IPA: /bəˈliːv/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /bɪˈliːv/
    • IPA: /bəˈliːv/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /bəˈliv/
Översättning
Verb
1.inanmak

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
  2. (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
  3. (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

Exempel

  • If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
  • I believe there are faeries.
  • I believe it might rain tomorrow.
  • Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us[...]
  • [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
  • Why did I ever believe you?
  • After that night in the church, I believed.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipbelievedPerfektparticipbeliev'd
ImperfektbelievedImperfektbeliev'd
PresensparticipbelievingTredje person singular indicativ presensbelieves
Tredje person singular indicativ presensbelieveth

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