acreditar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- believe verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- credence noun Acceptance of something as true or trustworthy, usually because there is evidence for it.
- credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
- creed noun A formal statement of religious or personal belief.
- understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
Senses
acreditar is used for these senses in English:
- believe (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- believe (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
- believe (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
- credence (obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.
- creed (ambitransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
believe — full definition
- verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
- verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
- verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.