BELIEVE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does believe in mean? 

• BELIEVE IN (verb)
  The verb BELIEVE IN has 1 sense:

1. have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something

  Familiarity information: BELIEVE IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELIEVE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

John believes in oat bran

Hypernyms (to "believe in" is one way to...):

believe (accept as true; take to be true)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

 Context examples 

“Ah,” he remarked, with a wry pucker of his mouth, “I see you still believe in such things as right and wrong.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

How soon any other wishes introduced themselves I can hardly tell, but I believe in about half an hour after I had seen you.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I believe in my heart of hearts that he suffered as much about Lucy's death as any of us; but he bore himself through it like a moral Viking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“I believe in hard work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we shall see which gets to the bottom of the matter first.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You still believe in equality, and yet you do the work of the corporations, and the corporations, from day to day, are busily engaged in burying equality.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Most physicians believe in the power of exercise to support overall brain health, but fewer believe that exercise can specifically impact people with early Alzheimer's," Isaacson said.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Alas!” said she. How shall I ever again believe in human goodness?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This part of your chart, so activated by Mars, also rules humanitarian causes and charities, so you may be involved in working for a cause you believe in.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I can much more readily enter into the temptation of getting away from Miss Bates, than I can believe in the triumph of Miss Fairfax's mind over Mrs. Elton.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Now, as I had no theory of any kind, don't believe in Spiritualism, and copied my characters from life, I don't see how this critic can be right.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)