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Definition: Believe In |
Believe InVerb1. Have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something; "John believes in oat bran". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to. |
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Screenplays | Commander, I believe in God, and in his son Jesus Christ, and because I do, I can say this: Private Santiago is dead and that's a tragedy. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.) My assault on the world begins now. Believe in myself. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) And I couldn't in good conscience vote for someone who doesn't believe in God. For someone who honestly believes that the other ninety five percent of us suffer from some form of mass delusion. (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) I want her to believe in love and virtue and the sanctity of marriage, and still not be able to stop herself. (Dangerous Liaisons; writing credit: Christopher Hampton. based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Choderlos de Laclos.) Some things are true whether you believe in them or not. (City of Angels; writing credit: Dana Stevens. Based on the screenplay for the 1997 film 'Der Himmel ber Berlin') | |
Lyrics | Now do you believe in rock and roll? ("American Pie"; performing artist: Don McLean) Could I believe in it? ("I Believe I Can Fly"; performing artist: R. Kelly) When you believe in things that you don't understand ("Superstition"; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) Oh, I believe in yesterday. ("Yesterday"; performing artist: The Beatles) I believe in the Kingdom Come ("I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"; performing artist: U2) | |
Clever | If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. (references; author: unknown) Believe in miracles, but don't depend on them. (references; author: unknown) How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand. (references; author: unknown) The idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. (references; author: unknown) I believe in the Big Bang theory. God spoke and BANG!, it was. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Believe in Me (1971) I Believe in You (1952) | |
Song Titles | I BELIEVE IN YOU & ME (performing artist: Four Tops ) Do You Believe In Love (performing artist: Huey Lewis & The News) I Believe in You (performing artist: Johnnie Taylor) Do You Believe In Us (performing artist: Jon Secada) Do You Believe In Magic (performing artist: The Lovin' Spoonful) | |
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 | I believe in bridging the gaps.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Strange! They won't believe in Santa Claus!".Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Doesn't believe in signs.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Brian Moore | The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | I fear we are not getting rid of God because we still believe in grammar. |
Johann W. Von Goethe | The happy do not believe in miracles. |
Madame DorothT Deluzy | We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad? |
Mahatma Gandhi | There are ninety-nine men who believe in honesty for every honest man. |
Margaret Mead | I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | I believe Plato and Socrates. I believe in Jesus Christ. |
Voltaire | To believe in God is impossible -- not to believe in Him is absurd. |
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Rules and Regulations | Carroll, Lewis | Believe in fairies. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We are of those who believe in the pitifulness of orisons, and in the sublimity of prayer. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Did you believe in it when you were at school? |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Nearly all addicted individuals believe in the beginning that they can stop using drugs on their own, and most try to stop without treatment. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | Some members of the indigenous churches believe in healing through prayer only and refuse to have their children vaccinated or treated. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | Yala declared he would support "real religious associations but not sects." The Ahmadiya (a Muslim group that originated in Pakistan and is an offshoot of Islam) came to the country in 1995. They believe their founder, Ahmady, to be a prophet, and they do not believe in the pilgrimage to Mecca as a pillar of Islam. (references) | |
Economic History | Brazil | Those few developers, that believe in the future of framed construction in Brazil, are working out this cultural barrier. (references) |
Trade | Uk | It is a major source of international project finance, and U.S. investors should be able to locate banks that will assist in putting together suitable financing packages - assuming they believe in the project. (references) |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | According to the Terre des Hommes organization, their families have signed contracts with trafficking organizations, often sanctioned by "voodoo" priests; the girls strongly believe in the magical power of voodoo. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does. (See GIAOUR.) A kind of scoundrel imperfectly reverent of, and niggardly contributory to, divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, canons, monks, mollahs, voodoos, presbyters, hierophants, prelates, obeah-men, abbes, nuns, missionaries, exhorters, deacons, friars, hadjis, high-priests, muezzins, brahmins, medicine-men, confessors, eminences, elders, primates, prebendaries, pilgrims, prophets, imaums, beneficiaries, clerks, vicars-choral, archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, preachers, padres, abbotesses, caloyers, palmers, curates, patriarchs, bonezs, santons, beadsmen, canonesses, residentiaries, diocesans, deans, subdeans, rural deans, abdals, charm-sellers, archdeacons, hierarchs, class-leaders, incumbents, capitulars, sheiks, talapoins, postulants, scribes, gooroos, precentors, beadles, fakeers, sextons, reverences, revivalists, cenobites, perpetual curates, chaplains, mudjoes, readers, novices, vicars, pastors, rabbis, ulemas, lamas, sacristans, vergers, dervises, lectors, church wardens, cardinals, prioresses, suffragans, acolytes, rectors, cures, sophis, mutifs and pumpums. |
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Dan Rather | I do believe in driving and driving hard to the heart of a story, getting as close as possible to a newsmaker and putting the information out there. |
Pamela Anderson | Well, I believe in God. I definitely believe that He is the reason that I've gotten through everything that I have. And I go to church. My kids go to Sunday school. And it's definitely a part of my life. |
Rush Limbaugh | Telling people to believe in themselves is the ultimate in compassion. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | People everywhere are coming to realize that what is involved is material well-being, human dignity, and the right to believe in and worship God. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Once again, Americans believe in themselves, in their leaders, and in the promise that tomorrow holds for their children. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We also believe in the integrity, decency and sound good sense of grass-roots Americans. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | A Vietnam veteran, he has created groups to help inner-city children turn away from gangs and build futures they can believe in. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | I believe in local control of schools. |
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Expressions using "believe in": believe in ghosts ♦ believe in god ♦ believe in smb. ♦ To believe in. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "believe in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìřit na duchy (believe in ghosts), dùvìřovat komu (believe in smb.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tro på. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geloven in, geloven aan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kredi je. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vertrauen haben, glauben an (have belief in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | trúa á. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengimani (have faith in), mengantep (be faithful to, let, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 南無阿弥陀仏 (I sincerely believe in Amitabha, Lord have mercy on me), 徹する (to believe in, to devote oneself, to do intently and exclusively, to go through, to penetrate, to sink in), 奉ずる (to believe in, to dedicate, to follow, to obey, to present, to serve), 信ずる (to believe, to believe in, to confide in, to have faith in, to place trust in), 信愛 (intimacy, love and believe in), 信じる (to believe, to believe in, to confide in, to have faith in, to place trust in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | なむあみ ぶつ (I sincerely believe in Amitabha, Lord have mercy on me), し"ずる (to believe, to believe in, to confide in, to have faith in, to offer, to place trust in, to present), し"あい (beloved, dear, deep affection, intimacy, love and believe in), し"じる (to believe, to believe in, to confide in, to have faith in, to place trust in), ほうずる (to believe in, to dedicate, to follow, to inform, to obey, to present, to report, to serve), てっする (to believe in, to devote oneself, to do intently and exclusively, to go through, to penetrate, to sink in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tro på. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elievebay inay crede în. (various references) верить в (put their faith in). (various references) creer en dios (believe in god). (various references) tro på (buy, trust). (various references) вірити в бога (believe in god). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oude gar oi adelfoi autou episteuon eiV auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Neque enim fratres eius credebant in eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Witodlice ne hys magas ne ge-lyfdanon hyne. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For nether hise britheren bileueden in hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For as yet his brethre beleved not in him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For neither did his brethren believe in him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | (For neither did his brethren believe in him.) |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For even his brothers had no belief in him. |
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| Language | John Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Kay bisan ang iyang mga igsoon wala man mosalig kaniya. |
| Chinese | 為 連 他 的 弟 兄 說 這 話 、 是 為 不 信 他 。 |
| Croatian | Jer ni braæa njegova nisu vjerovala u njega. |
| Danish | Thi heller ikke hans Brødre troede på ham. |
| Dutch | Want ook Zijn broeders geloofden niet in Hem. |
| Finnish | Sillä hänen veljensäkään eivät häneen uskoneet. |
| French | Car ses frères non plus ne croyaient pas en lui. |
| German | Denn auch seine Brüder glaubten nicht an ihn. |
| Hungarian | Mert az õ atyjafiai sem hivének benne. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena saudara-saudara-Nya pun tiadalah percaya akan Dia. |
| Italian | Neppure i suoi fratelli infatti credevano in lui. |
| Korean | 이 " 그 형 " 이 라 도 예 수 를 믿 지 아 니 함 이 러 라 |
| Maori | Ko ona teina tonu hoki kihai i whakapono ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | For heller ikke hans brødre trodde på ham. |
| Portuguese | Pois nem seus irmãos criam nele. |
| Rumanian | Cqci nici frayii Lui nu credeau kn El. |
| Shuar | Ni yachisha ishichkisha Niin Enentáimtachu ásar tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Pues ni aun sus hermanos creían en él. |
| Swedish | Det var nämligen så, att icke ens hans bröder trodde på honom. |
| Uma | Hewa toe-mi lolita-ra ompi' -na Yesus, apa' uma wo'o-ra-rawo mepangala' hi Hi'a. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-i-i-l-n-v" | |
-2 letters: beeline, believe. | |
-3 letters: belive, eleven. | |
-4 letters: belie, bevel, blini, leben, levee, levin, lieve, liven, nieve. | |
-5 letters: been, bene, bile, bine, blin, even, evil, lien, line, live, neve, nevi, veil, vein, vibe, vile, vine. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-i-i-l-n-v" | |
+4 letters: visiblenesses. | |
+5 letters: inevitableness, venerabilities, verifiableness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6C 69 65 76 65 49 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110110 01100101 00100000 01001001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e l i e v e   I n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006C 0069 0065 0076 0065 0049 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671787571887124380 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bible Trace 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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