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believe

US /bɪˈliv/

verb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

accept as true; take to be true

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

We believe that the new policy will improve employee satisfaction.

Word Family

NounNoun
belief believer believability
VerbVerb
believe gốc
AdjectiveAdj
believable
AdverbAdv
believably

Synonyms

  • trustsomething (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
  • considerdeem to be
  • supposeexpress a supposition

Collocations

  • Easy believe you
    to believe you, meaning to accept as true; take to be true
  • Medium believe we can hit targets
    to believe we can hit targets, meaning to accept as true; take to be true
  • Hard reasonably believe insolvency is near
    describing reasonably believe insolvency is near (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree)
  • Very Hard seeing is believing in turnaround promises
    to seeing is believing in turnaround promises, meaning to perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

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