İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. inanç. güven, inanç, itimat; inanç, iman. inanç,inanış. inanç. i. inanç. inanç. inanç, inanış, iman, itikat, itimat, inanma, düşünce, kanı, fikir, güven.
2. inanç, iman, inanç, itikat, akide, kanaat, doktrin.
3. güven. inanç. itimat. iman.
4. inanç. itikat. iman. kanı. kanaat. akide. emniyet. din. inanış.
5. inanış, inanç.

Etymology : Middle English beleave, probably alteration of Old English gelEafa, from ge-, associative prefix + lEafa; akin to Old English lyfan
Pronunciation : b&-'lEf
Function : noun
Date : 12th century

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1. opinion, creed; religion, faith. belief\be*lief"\ , n. [oe. bileafe, bileve; cf. as. gele?fa. see: believe.].
2. assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance.
3. (theol.) a persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. no man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth.
4. the thing believed; the object of belief. superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men.
5. a tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. in the heat of persecution to which christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation.
6. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.
7. A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.
8. The thing believed; the object of belief.
9. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. any cognitive content held as true.
10. 1. Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good. One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god. a belief in personal liberty.
11. Your religious or political beliefs are your views on religious or political matters. He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
12. If it is your belief that something is the case, it is your strong opinion that it is the case. It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
13. emphasis You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree. We are devastated, shocked beyond belief.
14. You use contrary to popular belief to introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.
15. If you do one thing in the belief that another thing is true or will happen, you do it because you think, usually wrongly, that it is true or will happen. Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.