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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic*laubō
Proto-West Germanic*laubu
Old Englishlēafa
Middle Englishbileve
Englishbelief

    FromMiddle Englishbileve, fromOld Englishlēafa, fromProto-West Germanic*laubu fromProto-Germanic*laubō. CompareGermanGlaube(“faith, belief”).

    The replacement of final/v/ with/f/ is due to the analogy of noun-verb pairs with/f/ in the noun but/v/ in the verb, creating a pairbelief :believe on the model of e.g.grief :grieve orproof :prove.[1]

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    belief (countable anduncountable,pluralbeliefs)

    1. Mentalacceptance of aclaim as true.
      It's mybelief that the thief is somebody known to us.
      • 2013 December 6,George Monbiot, “Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number26, page48:
        Thebelief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.
    2. Faith ortrust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
      Mybelief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
      Based on this data, it is ourbelief that X does not occur.
    3. (countable) Somethingbelieved.
      The ancient people have abelief in many deities.
    4. (uncountable) The quality or state ofbelieving.
      Mybelief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
    5. (uncountable)Religiousfaith.
      She often said it was herbelief that carried her through the hard times.
    6. (in theplural) One's religious ormoralconvictions.
      I can't do that. It's against mybeliefs.
      • 2025 July 28, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “Trump administration allows federal workers to promote religious beliefs”, inCNN‎[2]:
        The Trump administration will allow federal workers to promote their religiousbeliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually, according to a memorandum issued Monday by the Office of Personnel Management.[…] Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employers from discriminating based on religion. They are required to make reasonable accommodations for their employees’ religious practices andbeliefs unless it would be an “undue hardship” to do so.

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    Translations

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    mental acceptance of a claim as truth
    something believed
    the quality or state of believing
    religious faith
    religious or moral convictions
    a wishing of case or circumstance to be true
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    References

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    1. ^Jespersen, Otto (1942),A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume VI: Morphology,London:George Allen & Unwin, published1961,§ 12.23,page200.

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    belief

    1. imperative ofbelieven

    German

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    belief

    1. first/third-personsingularpreterite ofbelaufen
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