Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK)To appear implausible or unbelievable.

    It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The confusion beggars belief.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

beggars belief, beggaring belief, beggared belief, beggared belief
Base formbeggar belief · to beggar belief
3rd person singularbeggars belief
Present participlebeggaring belief
Past simplebeggared belief
Past participlebeggared belief

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeggar belief
he, she, itbeggars belief

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeggared belief

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beggared belief
he, she, ithas beggared belief

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beggar belief

Synonyms

1 synonyms
beggar description

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbelief-beggaring

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
begA2begetbeggarbeginA1beginnerA2beginningA2
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