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Alleys - Badminton (gambling) and believe (iou)


Alleys - Badminton (gambling)


The areas, 1 1/2 feet wide on each side of the court, that are used for doubles play.

believe (iou)



believe verb.

I. verb intrans.
Have confidence or faith in or (arch.) on (a person, God, etc.). LOE.
Bible (AV): King John 3:16 For God..gave his only begotten Sonne: that whosoever beleeveth in him, should not perish, but have eternall life. G. B. Shaw I am going to be frank with you, I don't believe in doctors. G. Boycott Be positive and believe in yourself, otherwise you will start to doubt your own ability.
Put one's trust or have confidence in (or on) the truth of (a proposition, doctrine, etc.), the efficacy or advisability of (a principle, institution, practice, etc.), the existence of (a person or thing), the occurrence of (an event). LOE.
M. W. Montagu I find that I have..a strong disposition to believe in miracles. J. B. Priestley It is only up here that you can believe in such people as Heathcliffe. G. Vidal Sullivan believed in Exercise. A. J. P. Taylor Protection was carried by the Conservatives who claimed to believe in free enterprise.
absol. Exercise (esp. religious) faith; gen. hold an opinion, think. LME.
Henry Fielding I will not believe so meanly of you. G. B. Shaw The right to think and believe according to our conscience. B. Rubens How long ago, Norman thought, had he truly believed, and when and at what precise moment, had he lost his faith.
Give credence to (a person, statement, etc.). LME-M17.
II. verb trans.
Accept the truth or reality of (a proposition etc.). ME.
J. Tyndall The Guide Chef evidently did not believe a word of it. E. O'Neill The bartender cannot believe his luck for a moment.
Hold as true, be of the opinion, that; (with adverbial obj.) think so etc.; ellipt. (passing into verb intrans., parenthetically) think that it is, was, etc. ME.
Defoe He believed there were more wolves a coming. B. Jowett Some oneCritias, I believewent on to say [etc.]. E. Waugh There's another sister too, I believe, in the schoolroom. G. Orwell How easy it was, thought Winston,..to believe that the physical type set up by the Party as an ideal..existed and even predominated.
Give credence to (someone making statements etc.). LME.
Shakespeare Sonnets When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her.
Hold as true the existence of. L15-M18.
G. Berkeley Shall we believe a God?
Think or suppose (someone or something) to be or to be. E16.
Milton Our Conqu'ror whom I now Of force believe Almighty. B. Lovell Anaximander believed our world to be only one of many.
Phrases: believe it or not colloq. it is surprising though true. believe me: see believe you me below. believe one's ear(s), believe one's eyes, etc., accept that what one apparently perceives is true (usu. in neg. contexts). believe you me, believe me colloq. it really is so. make believe: see MAKE verb. would you believe it? colloq.: emphasizing the truth of a surprising fact etc. you'd better believe (it): see BETTER adjective etc.
believa'bility noun ability to be believed; credibility: M19.
believable adjective able to be believed; credible: LME.
believer noun a person who believes, esp. in a particular Religion (Old Believer: see OLD adjective) LME.
believingly adverb with belief or faith M17.