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believe it or not

believe it or not adverb: this may be surprising, but it's true.

Adverb

believe it or not

  1. (idiomatic) This may be surprising, but it's true.
    • We're, believe it or not, in love with each other.
    • That depends on how long the sentence is. Believe it or not, there’s a canon of construction about provisos, and the test is anything but clear: …2001, Bryan A. Garner, Legal writing in plain English: a text with exercises, page 108
    Synonyms:
    believe or not, surprisingly

believe it or not meaning in Telugu, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

believe it or not in Telugu

This may be surprising, but it's true
నమ్ము నమ్మక పో nammu nammaka pō

believe it or not in Tagalog

This may be surprising, but it's true
sa maniwala ka o sa hindi, maniwala ka man o hindi

believe it or not in Arabic

This may be surprising, but it's true
صدق أو لا تصدق

believe it or not in Indonesian

This may be surprising, but it's true
percaya atau tidak

Examples of believe it or not in a sentence

  • One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe it or not, cosmic rays.2003, Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, PC hardware in a nutshell, page 230:
  • The descending opening phrase of the aria is, believe it or not, Tatyana’s Fate theme from her Letter Scene, though now in a minor, not major key: …2007, David Brown, Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music, page 165:

Synonyms of believe it or not

Questions about believe it or not

What does believe it or not mean?
Believe it or not means this may be surprising, but it's true.
What is believe it or not in Telugu?
Believe it or not in Telugu is నమ్ము నమ్మక పో (nammu nammaka pō). See Believe it or not meaning in Telugu.
How do you use believe it or not in a sentence?
One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe it or not, cosmic rays.
What part of speech is believe it or not?
Believe it or not is an adverb.

Words near believe it or not in the dictionary

  1. believableness
  2. believabler
  3. believablest
  4. believably
  5. believe
  6. believe it or not
  7. believe me
  8. believe one's ears
  9. believe one's eyes
  10. believe one's own eyes
  11. believe you me

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