Word

believe, v.
(believed, believes, believing)
freq. cnt. 239

accept as true; take to be true
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 118 freq. cnt.: 118

believe

sample sentences

"I believed his report"
"We didn't believe his stories from the War"
"She believes in spirits"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s him to write the letter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

believable belief believer

antonym

disbelieve

semantic pointers

hyponym

understand, infer swallow buy believe trust believe in

hypernym

judge or regard; look upon; judge
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 358 freq. cnt.: 274 freq. cnt.: 72 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

believe conceive consider think

sample sentences

"I think he is very smart"
"I believe her to be very smart"
"I think that he is her boyfriend"
"The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thought thought

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

consideration consideration

semantic pointers

hyponym

hold rethink think regard as, think of, look upon, repute, take to be, look on, esteem, know as, be known as feel consider, see, regard, view, reckon

hypernym

judge, evaluate, pass judgment

be confident about something
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 41 freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 4

believe trust

sample sentences

"I believe that he will come back from the war"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

belief

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trust truster

semantic pointers

hypernym

expect, anticipate

follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

believe

sample sentences

"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

believer

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

religion, faith, religious belief

hypernym

believe

hyponym

misbelieve

credit with veracity
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

believe

sample sentences

"You cannot believe this man"
"Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

believable

semantic pointers

hypernym

credit