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believing¹

  • /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ UK
  • /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/ US
  • /bi-/ US
  • /bə-/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of believe

believing²

  • /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ UK
  • /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/ US
  • /bi-/ US
  • /bə-/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.

noun believings

  1. countable, uncountable The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
  2. countable, uncountable Belief. Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: trust, consider, think, conceive, faith, belief, trusting, stating, agreeing, considering, assuming, suggesting, convinced, probability, thinking, confident

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"believing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/believing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

believing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/believing

Chicago

"believing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/believing.

BibTeX
@misc{believing_2026,
  title = {believing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/believing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}