believed
Saybi-LEEVD/bɪˈlivd/UK/bɪˈliːvd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of believe.
Most villagers believed that the river held healing powers.
She had believed his excuse right up until the truth surfaced.
Note
One regular -ed form does double duty. It is the plain past in the villagers believed, and the participle after had (she had believed his excuse) or in the passive (it was believed to heal). Watch for an object. With one, it reports accepting something as true or trusting a speaker. Standing alone, as in her grandmother believed, it can mean having religious faith.
believed is a form of believe
believe, verb: To think or suppose something to be the case; to hold as one's opinion. Full entry
- Spelling
- believe → believed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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