believer
noun (a believer, believers)
Everyday
- Someone who believes in a god or a religion. tree →
- Someone who strongly thinks something is true or good. tree →
In the lessons
In religious education: believers of different faiths. In everyday speech: a great believer in eating vegetables. Phrases: a believer in, a great/firm believer, non-believer.
Examples
- She's a great believer in getting a good night's sleep. tree →
- Believers go to the temple to pray. tree →
- My dad is a firm believer in fresh air. tree →
- The magician turned the sceptics into believers. tree →
- He became a believer after he saw the result. tree →
- Christians, Muslims and Jews are all believers in one God. tree →
Note
Spelling: ie (believe, believer). Opposite: sceptic (UK) or skeptic (US), non-believer.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «believer» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «believer» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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