believe in

A1 Topic:Religion & Belief Prepositional verb

Base verb: believe

Meanings

1
verb
to have faith or confidence in someone or their ability
Prepositional verb · Inseparable

believe in someone / believe in something

Usage: In introduces the person or ability trusted: believe in her.

Her coach continued to believe in her ability after the setback.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
Her coach continued to believe in her ability after the setback.
2
verb
to think that something exists
Prepositional verb · Inseparable

believe in something

Usage: In introduces the thing whose existence is accepted: believe in ghosts.

They believe in ghosts and say the old house is haunted.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
They believe in ghosts and say the old house is haunted.
3
verb
to consider a principle or way of behaving right or worthwhile
Prepositional verb · Inseparable

believe in something / believe in doing something

Usage: In introduces the principle endorsed; use an ing form for an action: believe in treating people fairly.

She has always believed in hard work and treating people fairly.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
She has always believed in hard work and treating people fairly.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms believed inbelieves inbelieving in

Related forms believe

Topics

Religion & Belief

External links

# believe in

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to have faith or confidence in someone or their ability
2. to think that something exists
3. to consider a principle or way of behaving right or worthwhile

## Usage Notes
- to have faith or confidence in someone or their ability: In introduces the person or ability trusted: believe in her.
- to think that something exists: In introduces the thing whose existence is accepted: believe in ghosts.
- to consider a principle or way of behaving right or worthwhile: In introduces the principle endorsed; use an ing form for an action: believe in treating people fairly.

## Examples
- Her coach continued to believe in her ability after the setback.
- They believe in ghosts and say the old house is haunted.
- She has always believed in hard work and treating people fairly.
- Her coach continued to believe in her ability after the setback.
- They believe in ghosts and say the old house is haunted.
- She has always believed in hard work and treating people fairly.

## Related Forms
- believe

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Religion & Belief

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