A1verb · transitive · frequent

believe

be·lieve

believe · believes · believed · believing

вірити, повірити, думати, вважати

верить, поверить, думать, считать

glauben, glauben an, denken

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certaintyTo accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

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UK/bɪˈliːv/US/bɪˈliv/

» I don't believe him any longer.

Я больше ему не верю.

Я більше не вірю йому.

Я йому більше не довіряю.

Meaning

9 senses

(transitive)To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
I believe there are faeries.
glauben
ве́ритьvéritʹ, пове́ритьpovéritʹ
ві́ритиvíryty
accept as true; take to be true
(transitive)To accept that someone is telling the truth.
Why did I ever believe you?
glauben
ве́ритьvéritʹ, пове́ритьpovéritʹ
ві́ритиvíryty, пові́ритиpovíryty
To have been persuaded to accept the factuality of something despite a lack of sufficient evidence therefore.
(transitive)To have been convinced by rational means to accept the truth of a proposition.
(transitive)To have been influenced by arational means (such as emotional experience, the imagination of need, etc.) to accept the truth of a proposition.
(intransitive)To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
After that night in the church, I believed.
glauben, denken, glauben
полага́тьpolagátʹ, счита́тьsčitátʹ, ду́матьdúmatʹ
вважа́тиvvažáty, ду́матиdúmaty, ві́руватиvíruvaty
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
(transitive)To opine, think, reckon.
Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.
[with in]
To ascribe existence to.
Do you believe in God / the Easter Bunny / ghosts?
Since I don't believe in reincarnation, I believe that the only way to eliminate suffering is to die.
glauben an
ве́рить вvéritʹ v
ві́рити вvíryty v
To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
I don't believe in sex before marriage.
I don't believe in making my bed.
To have confidence in the ability or power of.
I believe in you, man! You can do it!
glauben an

Examples

9637 sentences

I don't believe him any longer.
Я більше не вірю йому. — mkazarian
ruЯ больше ему не верю. — afyodor
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I don't believe such things exist.
Я не вірю, що такі речі існують. — deniko
ruЯ не верю, что такие вещи существуют. — marafon
deIch glaube nicht, dass solche Dinge existieren. — Tamy
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I don't believe him at all.
Я йому взагалі не вірю. — deniko
ruЯ вообще ему не верю. — corvard
deIch glaube ihm kein Stück. — Zaghawa
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I don't believe you've met him.
Я не вірю, що ви з ним зустрічалися. — deniko
ruНе думаю, что ты встречал его. — corvard
deIch glaube, Sie haben ihn noch nicht kennengelernt. — mayabe
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No one believed me at first.
Спочатку мені ніхто не повірив. — deniko
ruСначала мне никто не поверил. — pandabear
deAm Anfang hat mir niemand geglaubt. — MUIRIEL
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 5

to accept as true:

to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person):

to consider likely:

to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth:

to ascribe existence to:

Русский

By meaning 4

to accept as true:

to consider likely:

to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth:

to ascribe existence to:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to accept as true:

to consider likely:

to ascribe existence to:

Origin

From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto

From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Old Frisian bilēva (“to permit”), Middle Dutch beloven (“to believe, entrust”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”).

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