Past tense of believe
regular verb
The past tense of believe is believed. The past participle is also believed.
Forms of believe
| Base form (V1) | believe /bɪˈliːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | believed /bɪˈliːvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | believed /bɪˈliːvd/ |
| Present participle | believing /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | believes /bɪˈliːvz/ |
Believed in a sentence
- He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025
- After that night in the church, I believed.
- Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.From the entry ghost
- A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.From the entry fix
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.From the entry contradiction
Meaning of believe
- verb To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- verb To accept that someone is telling the truth.
- verb To have been convinced by rational means to accept the truth of a proposition.
Questions about the past tense of believe
- What is the past tense of believe?
- The past tense of believe is believed.
- What is the past participle of believe?
- The past participle of believe is believed.
- Is believe a regular or irregular verb?
- Believe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: believe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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