claims English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(claim)
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believes English
Verb
(head)
(believe)
believe English
Alternative forms
* beleeve (obsolete)
Verb
( believ)
(label) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
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* 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 :
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Magician’s brain
, passage=[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.}}
(label) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
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(label) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
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Usage notes
* The transitive verb believe and the phrasal verb (m) are similar but can have very different implications.
** To “believe” someone or something means to accept specific pieces of information as truth: believe the news'', ''believe the lead witness . To “believe a complete stranger” means to accept a stranger's story with little evidence.
** To “believe in” someone or something means to hold confidence and trust in that person or concept: believe in liberty'', ''believe in God . To “believe in one's fellow man” means to place trust and confidence in mankind.
* Meanings sometimes overlap. To believe in'' a religious text would also require affirming the truth of at least the major tenets. To ''believe a religious text might likewise imply placing one's confidence and trust in it, in addition to accepting its statements as facts.
Derived terms
* believable
* believability
* believer
* believe in
* believe it or not
* believe one's eyes
* believe you me
* disbelieve
* unbelievable
* unbeliever
Related terms
* belief
* disbelief
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