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I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.
Esai Morales

Meaning of "belie" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BELIE

Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BELIE

belie  [bɪˈlaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belie is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb belie in English.

WHAT DOES BELIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of belie in the English dictionary

The first definition of belie in the dictionary is to show to be untrue; contradict. Other definition of belie is to misrepresent; disguise the nature of. Belie is also to fail to justify; disappoint.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BELIE

PRESENT

Present
I belie
you belie
he/she/it belies
we belie
you belie
they belie
Present continuous
I am belying
you are belying
he/she/it is belying
we are belying
you are belying
they are belying
Present perfect
I have belied
you have belied
he/she/it has belied
we have belied
you have belied
they have belied
Present perfect continuous
I have been belying
you have been belying
he/she/it has been belying
we have been belying
you have been belying
they have been belying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I belied
you belied
he/she/it belied
we belied
you belied
they belied
Past continuous
I was belying
you were belying
he/she/it was belying
we were belying
you were belying
they were belying
Past perfect
I had belied
you had belied
he/she/it had belied
we had belied
you had belied
they had belied
Past perfect continuous
I had been belying
you had been belying
he/she/it had been belying
we had been belying
you had been belying
they had been belying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will belie
you will belie
he/she/it will belie
we will belie
you will belie
they will belie
Future continuous
I will be belying
you will be belying
he/she/it will be belying
we will be belying
you will be belying
they will be belying
Future perfect
I will have belied
you will have belied
he/she/it will have belied
we will have belied
you will have belied
they will have belied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been belying
you will have been belying
he/she/it will have been belying
we will have been belying
you will have been belying
they will have been belying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would belie
you would belie
he/she/it would belie
we would belie
you would belie
they would belie
Conditional continuous
I would be belying
you would be belying
he/she/it would be belying
we would be belying
you would be belying
they would be belying
Conditional perfect
I would have belie
you would have belie
he/she/it would have belie
we would have belie
you would have belie
they would have belie
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been belying
you would have been belying
he/she/it would have been belying
we would have been belying
you would have been belying
they would have been belying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you belie
we let´s belie
you belie
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to belie
Past participle
belied
Present Participle
belying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELIE


Alai
ɑːˈlaɪ
ally
əˈlaɪ
disally
ˌdɪsəˈlaɪ
forelie
fɔːˈlaɪ
July
dʒuːˈlaɪ
misally
ˌmɪsəˈlaɪ
mislie
ˌmɪsˈlaɪ
outlie
ˌaʊtˈlaɪ
overlie
ˌəʊvəˈlaɪ
quillai
kɪˈlaɪ
rely
rɪˈlaɪ
underlie
ˌʌndəˈlaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELIE

belief
belief system
beliefless
belier
believability
believable
believably
believe
believer
believing
believingly
belike
beliquor
Belisarius
Belisha beacon
belittle
belittlement
belittler
belittlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELIE

charlie
collie
folie
girlie
goalie
jeelie
Jolie
keelie
kylie
lie
mielie
millie
ollie
seelie
steelie
the seelie
the unseelie
unseelie
wheelie
willie

Synonyms and antonyms of belie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BELIE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «belie» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of belie

Translation of «belie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELIE

Find out the translation of belie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of belie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «belie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掩饰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contradecir
570 millions of speakers

English

belie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झुठलाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опровергают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contradizer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যাবাদী বলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tromper sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lügen strafen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誤った印象を与える
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~와 딴판이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Belie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संशय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanıltmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smentire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprzeczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спростовують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezmint
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαψεύδουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beliegen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of belie

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELIE»

The term «belie» is regularly used and occupies the 67.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «belie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «belie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about belie

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «BELIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word belie.
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Esai Morales
I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELIE»

Discover the use of belie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to belie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakspeare's Himself Again: Or, The Language of the Poet ...
It should at the same time be remarked that Percy is elaborate in his commendation of Mortimer, so that to make the King say — " thou dost belie him, Harry " — is contrary to our established idea in regard to the word. We may better read — ' '1 ...
Andrew Becket, 1815
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The Land of Ethlonnian
Daylea readied her bow waiting for a chance to fire that would not put Belie in danger of being shot. Belie wrestled with the creature keeping its teeth as far away as possible. She finally managed to stand up and point the wolf's back towards ...
Colton Vail, 2010
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Peasants and Religion: A Socioeconomic Study of Dios ...
However, no voodooist considers a saint and a misterio to be identical: Belie Belcan is not San Miguel. Belie is a worker who works within the force of that saint, within his section [entidad]. This is the reason why Belie worships. And people ...
Jan Lundius, Mats Lundahl, 2000
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The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008
Belie,. Belie. Belie the page upon which this pen sits like a craven monarch whose kingdom is as utter and as useless as his fool. Belie the doldrums that assail the wizened faces I once bore in sickness as a raging child. Belie the becoming ...
Jesse Ball, 2011
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A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible ... By John Downame
1 32 ye did not believe the z Chr. 20 20 believe in the Lord belie-v: his prophets, fo fhall Ifa. 7 9 if ye will not believe, furely \ Mat. 9 28 belie-tie ye that I am able Mark 1 15 repent ye, and believe the 9 2 3 if thou canli belie-w, all 24. Lord I believe ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
In a collective sense, wicked men. Parkhurst. BELl'BEL, v. t. [be and libel.'] To libel or traduce. [Not used.'] Fuller. BELl'E, v. t. [be and lie. Sax. belecjan, of be and leoyui, to lie, lij, or lyj, a fie ; D. beliegen; Ger. beliigen, to belie. See Lie.] 1 .
Noah Webster, 1832
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Udeghe (Udihe) Folk Tales
Omo belie bagdi-e-ni, emuse bagdi-e-ni. 2. Ge:, emus' e one fairy live-PAST-3SG alone live-PAST-3SG INTJ alone bagdi-mie bagdi-m(i), rjd-ixi rjene :-ni. 3. Bagdi- si:-ni live-INF live-INF river.bank-LAT go.PAST-3SG live-IM-3SG idi kd:-du-ni ...
Irina Alekseevna Nikolaeva, Elena Perekhvalskaya, Maria Tolskaya, 2002
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Englisch-Deutsches und Deutsch: Mit Einer Tabessarischen ...
pnt fait'. in; an Gott -, to delie'e in 60.1; er glaubt nicht fo leieht, lte l. not .o eretlulou., l1e tioe.n*t .o evil) belie'e, gire "niclit man glaubt ihm nicht mehr, lie l. .o more belie'etl, no one beliere. (irn-t.) [tim an! longer. 2, to" belie'e, to pereuacle one'.
Christoph Friedrich Grieb, 1861
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The Alpha Series
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John Glenn, 2006
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Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials: ...
Van Tittelboom, K., De Belie, N.: Self-healing concrete: suitability of different healing agents. International Journal of 3R's 1(1), 12—21 (2010) Van Tittelboom, K., De Belie, N.: Self-healing concrete by the internal release of adhesive from ...
Mario de Rooij, Kim Van Tittelboom, Nele De Belie, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term belie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bumper UK car registrations belie health of sector
Car dealers registered more vehicles between January and June than in any other first-half on record — but the boom may be less impressive ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
World's fastest way to die
The little island's pretty fields, ice cream vans and quaint grocery stores belie the risk of the course. The Isle of Man, 354 square kilometres in ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
Greece's Debt Crisis Enters A Precarious New Stage After …
The scenes of celebrations in Greece belie what is expected to be a tough road ahead, however, with the risk of a Greek exit from the eurozone ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
US v. Rajat K. Gupta, 11 Cr. 907
(1998)). Here, Gupta's own actions belie any claim that the argument he now raises would have been "futile." At trial, he objected to the Court's ... «New York Law Journal, Jul 15»
5
Ron Mark: Have we underestimated ISIS?
We see ISIS as thuggish martyrdom-seeking zealots, but brutal and disgusting though they be, its actions as a fighting force belie any belief ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Elite 11 Finals: Session One Impressions
They're all thick, with powerful frames and they each have the kind of arm that doesn't belie their 17 and 18 year-old age. That size and ... «247Sports.com, Jul 15»
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Exhibit on emancipation tells story of hope and heartbreak
Records that it shares belie the long-held notion that emancipation in Virginia was less troubled than in Deep South states. The battlefield ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
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Ballantine's furthers 'Stay True...
“The resulting footage is so epic and beautiful that it really does belie quite how challenging the shoot was. Logistically we chose to approach ... «The Drum, Jul 15»
9
Beyonce inspires Melbourne's next skyscraper
"The twists and turns of this new project belie its pure and simple, first principles rationale," writes the firm on its website. They claim it is the ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
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OLD PHOTOS: The York sorting office, the 1951 York Festival ... and …
On the back of the photograph, however, are written some words which seem to belie that. "When I was presented to Her Majesty the Queen at ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»

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