to believe (that)

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• make believe (that … ) — make believe (that…) idiom to pretend that sth is true related noun ↑make believe Main entry: ↑believeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• if you believe that, you'll believe anything — if you believe that, you’ll believe anything spoken phrase used for telling someone that they are stupid to believe something Thesaurus: ways of saying someone is stupid or sillysynonym Main entry: believe * * * if you believe that, you ll… …   Useful english dictionary

• I'll believe that when I see it — I’ll believe it/that/when I see it spoken phrase used for saying that you do not believe that something will happen or that someone will do something ‘Dan said he’d help clear up.’ ‘I’ll believe that when I see it!’ Thesaurus: ways of saying that …   Useful english dictionary

• If you believe that, you'll believe anything! — informal something that you say to emphasize that something is obviously not true. He said the car in front backed into him, and if you believe that, you ll believe anything! …   New idioms dictionary

• Believe — Be*lieve , v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. [1913 Webster] Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. [1913 Webster] With… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• give somebody to believe (that) … — give sb to believe/understand (that)… idiom often passive (formal) to make sb believe/understand sth • I was given to understand that she had resigned. Main entry: ↑giveidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Believe — Be*lieve , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be for AS. ge ), fr. AS. gel?fan, gel?fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil?bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• if you believe that, you'll believe anything — spoken used for telling someone that they are stupid to believe something …   English dictionary

• That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana — That s So Raven The Suite Life of Zack Cody Hannah Montana episode DVD cover Episode no …   Wikipedia

• believe — be|lieve W1S1 [bıˈli:v] v [: Old English; Origin: belefan, from lyfan, lefan to allow, believe ] 1.) [T not in progressive] to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth ▪ You shouldn t believe everything you read. ▪ I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• believe — be|lieve [ bı liv ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to think that a fact is true: Astronomers knew the Earth was round, but few people believed it. believe (that): I don t believe that she s ever been to Hong Kong. be widely/generally believed (=be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English