Usually means: Holds something to be true.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word believes:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. believes: Merriam-Webster
  2. believes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. believes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Believe's, Believes, believes: Wordnik
  5. believes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. believes: Wiktionary
  7. believes: Dictionary.com
  8. believes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. believes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. believes: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. believes: Idioms

(Note: See believe as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (believe)

verb:  (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
verb:  (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
verb:  (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
verb:  (transitive) To opine, think, reckon.
verb:  [with in]
verb:  To ascribe existence to.
verb:  To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
verb:  To have confidence in the ability or power of.
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