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Common collocations with believe in American Collocation

believe verb

US /bɪˈliv/

strongly

fervently
firmly
passionately
strongly
wholeheartedly

He believes strongly in the benefits of credit unions to local communities.

sincerely

genuinely
honestly
sincerely
truly

I genuinely believe I am making a difference by being vegetarian.

mistakenly

erroneously
mistakenly
wrongly

He said teenagers were taking up smoking because they wrongly believed it would help them lose weight.

many people believe something

generally
widely

It is now widely believed that climate change is resulting in wetter, colder winters and drier, hotter summers.

hype
lie
myth
promise
propaganda

23 per cent of children still believe the old myth that crusts make hair curly.