Tra từ believe - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

verb

1. accept as true;
take to be true (Freq. 118)
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
• Ant:
disbelieve
• Derivationally related forms:
believable, belief, believer
• Hypernyms:
accept
• Hyponyms:
understand, infer, swallow, buy, trust,
swear, rely, bank, believe in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They believe him to write the letter
2. judge or regard;
look upon;
judge (Freq. 72)
- 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
• Syn:
think, consider, conceive
• Derivationally related forms:
consideration (for: consider), thought (for: think)
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
hold, rethink, think, think of, repute,
regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be, feel,
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They believe that there was a traffic accident
3. be confident about something (Freq. 37)
- I believe that he will come back from the war
• Syn:
trust
• Derivationally related forms:
trust (for: trust), truster (for: trust), belief
• Hypernyms:
expect, anticipate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They believe that there was a traffic accident
4. follow a credo;
have a faith;
be a believer (Freq. 10)
- When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too
• Derivationally related forms:
believer
• Topics:
religion, faith, religious belief
• Hyponyms:
misbelieve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
5. credit with veracity (Freq. 2)
- You cannot believe this man
- Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?
• Derivationally related forms:
believable
• Hypernyms:
credit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody