0 past simple and past participle of believe
1 to think that something is true, correct, or real:
Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we'd been visited by a creature from Mars.
[ + that ] He believes that all children are born with equal intelligence.
"Is she coming alone?" "We believe not/so (= we think she is not/is)."
[ + obj + to infinitive ] I believe her to be the finest violinist in the world.
[ + obj + adj ] All the crew are missing, believed dead.
He told me she was just a friend, but I don't believe a word of it!
Believe me, I was scared !
He said the car in front backed into him, and if you believe that, you'll believe anything!
Let's make believe (that) we're pirates.
He claims to have met the president, but I don't believe him.
I still believe that people are fundamentally good.
It's hard to believe there's anything wrong with him - he looks so healthy.
I don't believe they should have put him in prison. It isn't right.
Progressives believed that dirt and disorder created chaos and made it difficult for citizens to lift themselves out of poverty.
On the other hand, the economic recovery is believed to be one factor that will speed up the process of combating the corruption problem.
Most musicians believed that it had resolved the harmonic problems of musical theory in the best possible way.
