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crer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • believe verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
  • creed noun A formal statement of religious or personal belief.
  • imagine verb To form a mental picture of something, especially something not present or not real.

Senses

crer 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.
  • creed (ambitransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
  • imagine (transitive) To assume; to suppose.

believe — full definition

  1. verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
  2. verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
  3. verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
  4. verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.

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