(n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.
(v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
(v. i.) To think; to suppose.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(2) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
(3) The sound of the ambulance frightened us, especially us children, and panic gripped the entire community: people believe that whoever is taken into the ambulance to the hospital will die – you so often don’t see them again.
(4) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
(5) Ryzhkov added: "I believe they want to keep him in prison for another three or four years at least, so he is not released until well after the next presidential elections in 2012."
(6) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
(7) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
(8) The so-called literati aren't insular – this from a woman who ran the security service – but we aren't going to apologise for what we believe in either.
(9) They were protecting the sit-in because they believed that, if they left, the police would follow them."
(10) Batson believes there is a “mood” that needs to be seized upon.
(11) There are widespread examples across the US of the police routinely neglecting crimes of sexual violence and refusing to believe victims.
(12) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
(13) Does anybody honestly believe the vast majority of migrants don’t want that too?
(14) Although, it did give me the confidence to believe that my voice was valid and important.
(15) That is, he believes, to look at massively difficult, interlocking problems through too narrow a lens.
(16) However the imagery is more complex, because scholars believe it also relates to another cherished pre-Raphaelite Arthurian legend, Sir Degrevaunt who married his mortal enemy's daughter.
(17) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(18) Gordon Brown believes that the fact of the G20 summit has persuaded many tax havens, such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to indicate that they will adopt a more open approach.
(19) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(20) Whenever you are ill and a medicine is prescribed for you and you take the medicine until balance is achieved in you and then you put that medicine down.” Farrakhan does not dismiss the doctrine of the past, but believes it is no longer appropriate for the present.
Disbelief
Definition:
(n.) The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Example Sentences:
(1) Almost a year on, I am still shaking my head in disbelief.
(2) When the meltdown occurred, there was a sense of utter disbelief.
(3) He drops his racquet in disbelief and the pair of them embrace at the net.
(4) I spoke to a lot of parents yesterday, who were obviously expressing their shock and disbelief at what had happened, but the message I was getting was ‘what can we do to support each other’.” “We’ve had this incident, which is beyond words, but I would urge parents to seek comfort that this is something that could never have been anticipated in a million years.
(5) And there's disbelief when he describes the moment ex-model Rachel Tatton-Brown (or "the hottest totty in town" as Evans describes her) pulled him in a club.
(6) Powell said the atmosphere in the saleroom went from excitement, to disappointment – as various bidders dropped out – to disbelief at the rocketing price.
(7) Jill Treanor (@jilltreanor) Matt Damon joked as starts with golden globe speech he didn't give ... Before talking of his disbelief about lack of clean water January 21, 2014 Updated at 5.34pm GMT 5.24pm GMT Key event To summarise, the key message from the Pope is that Davos must make serious progress on fixing the economic system, and that business leaders must become more focused on fixing the world's problems.
(8) Even worse, in many forces there is a damaging culture, based on a lack of training and understanding, in which the experiences of victims are minimised and treated with disbelief.
(9) Your blissfully suspended disbelief comes crashing back down to marketing-strategised reality.
(10) Hospital staff who attended the baby during his admission experienced the same traumatic reactions as families of SIDS victims, ie, shock, disbelief, anger, guilt, fear, blaming, sadness, and behavioral manifestations.
(11) Updated at 2.12pm BST 8.36pm BST Malaysia has greeted news of the MH17 crash with disbelief and horror, Tania Branigan reports from Beijing.
(12) What started as a swell of anger and disbelief among doctors has changed into something else.
(13) Variables related to the abuse and to the family's functioning are examined to determine if particular circumstances are too threatening to mothers, resulting in their disbelief.
(14) Residents responded in disbelief to the Russian allegation.
(15) Outside, where anti-Mubarak protesters and the family members of those killed were separated off from a pro-Mubarak rally by thousands of riot police and armoured personnel carriers, revolutionaries reacted with disbelief and rage as the full implication of the judge's words became apparent.
(16) Gathers no Moss Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, director Mike Figgis filmed his latest digital work, Suspension of Disbelief , in Highgate, London.
(17) Some laughed at the comments but as the attacks from the stage continued, there were gasps and some voices could be heard expressing disbelief.
(18) Some added notes of disbelief that such seemingly unnecessary panic could spread so quickly.
(19) Is it any wonder so many in the US and around the world have responded with disbelief, with anger, with outrage to Trayvon's death?
(20) Little more than 50 years on, however, it is the setting for a chaotic and demeaning political battle that has even long-term parliament watchers shaking their heads in disbelief.