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believe
English
Alternative forms
- beleeve (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English bel?efan (“to believe”), a later variant to Proto-Germanic *galaubijan? (“to have faith, believe”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”). Compare Old English ?el?efan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), Old English ?el?afa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English l?of ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable"; > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??li?v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??liv/, /bi-/, /b?-/
- Rhymes: -i?v
- Hyphenation: be?lieve
Verb
believe (third-person singular simple present believes, present participle believing, simple past and past participle believed)
- (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
- (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
- (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
- (transitive) To opine, think, reckon
- Do you think this is good?
- Hmm, I believe it's okay.
- Do you think this is good?
Antonyms
- disbelieve
Usage notes
- The transitive verb believe and the phrasal verb believe in 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.
- This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Derived terms
Related terms
- belief
- disbelief
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
believe
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of believen
Anagrams
- beviele
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rationalise
English
Alternative forms
- rationalize
Etymology
From French rationaliser. Surface etymology is rational +? -ise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ??n?le?z/
Verb
rationalise (third-person singular simple present rationalises, present participle rationalising, simple past and past participle rationalised)
- (British spelling) alternative spelling of rationalize
Translations
References
- “rationalise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- realisation
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