how to pronounce believe

/bɪˈliːv/

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believe is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of believe in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… so so i i believe what we need now …”

meaning of believe

Believe means to have faith in someone or something.

believe frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word believe occurs in english on average 211.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics believe can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that believe can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;