"believing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: believings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bilevinge}} Middle English bilevinge, {{m|enm|belewynge}} belewynge, {{af|en|believe|-ing}} believe + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} believing (countable and uncountable, plural believings)
  1. The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-believing-en-noun-Xe22~mpy
  2. Belief. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-believing-en-noun-dyZQn-gY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unbelieving
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bilevyng}} Middle English bilevyng, {{m|enm|belevand}} belevand, {{m|enm|bileveand}} bileveand, {{m|enm|belefand}} belefand, {{inh|en|ang|*belēfende}} Old English *belēfende, {{m|ang|ġelīfende}} ġelīfende, {{m|ang|ġelȳfende}} ġelȳfende, {{af|en|believe|-ing}} believe + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} believing
  1. present participle and gerund of believe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: believe
    Sense id: en-believing-en-verb-LXf9OL1u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 1 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 23 6 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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