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The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued.
William Banting

Meaning of "believing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELIEVING

believing  [bɪˈliːvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELIEVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Believing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BELIEVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Believe

Believe may refer to: ▪ Belief, a psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true ▪ Religious belief, a belief regarding the supernatural, sacred, or divine ▪ Faith, a belief in something for which is unseen...

Definition of believing in the English dictionary

The definition of believing in the dictionary is state of belief.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELIEVING


approving
əˈpruːvɪŋ
carving
ˈkɑːvɪŋ
deceiving
dɪˈsiːvɪŋ
deserving
dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
disbelieving
ˌdɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ
grieving
ˈɡriːvɪŋ
hairweaving
ˈhɛəˌwiːvɪŋ
high-achieving
ˌhaɪəˈtʃiːvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
Irving
ˈɜːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
school-leaving
ˌskuːlˈliːvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
sleeving
ˈsliːvɪŋ
starving
ˈstɑːvɪŋ
thieving
ˈθiːvɪŋ
unbelieving
ˌʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋ
unreeving
ʌnˈriːvɪŋ
weaving
ˈwiːvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELIEVING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELIEVING

craving
diving
driving
energy saving
engraving
giving
living
loving
paving
problem-solving
proving
raving
reeving
saving
shaving
shelving
striving
surviving
thanksgiving
thriving

Synonyms and antonyms of believing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BELIEVING»

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

Translation of «believing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELIEVING

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

Translator English - Chinese

相信
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

creyendo
570 millions of speakers

English

believing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विश्वास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتقاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полагая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acreditando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্বাসী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

croire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Percaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glauben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

信じる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

믿음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pracaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विश्वास ठेवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inanan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

credendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wierząc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вважаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crezând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιστεύοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tro
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of believing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELIEVING»

The term «believing» is very widely used and occupies the 15.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELIEVING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «believing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «believing» 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 believing

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10 QUOTES WITH «BELIEVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word believing.
1
Theodor Adorno
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.
2
Jenny Agutter
I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good reviews - you believe that and you're lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that's true and you read that and you're lost.
3
Thomas Aquinas
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
4
Julian Baggini
The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success.
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William Banting
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued.
6
William Bernbach
I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.
7
James F. Byrnes
I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments.
8
Michel De Certeau
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
9
Brandi Chastain
After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
10
Barbara Corcoran
The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELIEVING»

Discover the use of believing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to believing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Magic of Believing
Millions of success-oriented Americans have drawn on the no-nonsense techniques described in The Magic of Believing to achieve all their long- and short-term goals.
Claude M. Bristol, 1991
2
Acting Is Believing
Emphasizing that an actor must believe to make his audience believe, ACTING IS BELIEVING remains one of the classic texts in the field.
Charles McGaw, Kenneth Stilson, Larry Clark, 2011
3
Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of ...
Each essay in the book presents the reader with a conundrum and investigates the relationship between photographs and the real world they supposedly record.
Errol Morris, 2011
4
Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition - Updated ...
In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs.
Stuart A. Vyse, 2013
5
Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal ...
Taking a wholly different view, Asma Barlas develops a believer's reading of the Qur'an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.
Asma Barlas, 2009
6
Moral, Believing Animals : Human Personhood and Culture: ...
What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions?
Chapel Hill Christian Smith Professor and Associate Chair of Sociology University of North Carolina, 2003
7
Believing In Myself: Self Esteem Daily Meditations
This uplifting daily meditation book by bestselling recovery authors Earnie Larsen and Carol Hegarty tackles the fundamental issue of self-esteem head-on.
Earnie Larsen, 1991
8
Prayer: The Art of Believing
What is Prayer? Is it mere superstition, or is it verifiable as the fact that water wets and fire burns? Neville set out to answer this question for himself.
Neville, 2007
9
The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political ...
Once beliefs are formed, our brains subconsciously seek out confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of reinforcing them, and round and round the process goes in a positive-feedback loop.In The ...
Michael Shermer, 2012
10
Praying Shapes Believing: A Theological Commentary on The ...
This in-depth look at The Book of Common Prayer systematically gives a theological answer to the question, What does it mean that we act and speak these particular words of liturgy?
Leonel L. Mitchell, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELIEVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term believing is used in the context of the following news items.
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I feel like a wally for believing George Osborne's promises to the north
The northern railway map in Manchester Victoria station … the postponement of the Manchester-Leeds upgrade has caused outrage. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Survey: 14-Point Drop in Percentage of Americans Believing
A new survey published by the Newseum Institute finds a 14-point drop since 2013 in the percentage of Americans who believe business ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
3
Seeing is believing when it comes to pipe maintenance
Seeing is believing when it comes to pipe maintenance. By Sara Seidel, Richmond News Staff Writer. If Richmond council members had any ... «Richmond Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Adorable moment mom pranks terrified son, 8, into believing he is in …
But Ja'Myron Baker's motherMarj decided to have a bit of fun first - and caught the whole prank on camera. Calling him into the hallway, she ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Seeing is not believing
The amazing discoveries of science and inventions of technology also began with believing before seeing: the inklings of physicists, chemists, ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
6
Seeing is believing
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Piyawan "Spoyz" Eauboonsiri and her pal, copywriter Passanunt "Natz" Tarajaruspat, can't remember a time when they ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
7
Seeing and Believing: Recognizing Christ amid Social Inequalities
Today's gospel for the Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle, always hits me across the head like a two by four. In my personal reading of the near ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
8
Don't Stop Believing: Castelli and Tran's 'Journey' to Success
A little over a year ago, Marissa Castelli was winning an Olympic bronze medal with her then partner Simon Shnapir and the rest of the U.S. ... «Figure Skaters Online, Jul 15»
9
What parents can do when children stop believing
Losing their religion: What parents can do when children stop believing. by: kidspot.com.au; From: Kidspot.com.au; July 03, 2015 2:53PM. Increase Text Size ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
10
Seeing is believing: How brains make sense of the visual world
Seeing is believing: How brains make sense of the visual world. brain Enlarge. Credit: Human Brain Project. If your eyes deceive you, blame ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»

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