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# believer

«believer» in Mova's school dictionary: **Someone who believes in a god or a religion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a believer, believers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Someone who believes in a god or a religion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#m1)

2) Someone who strongly thinks something is true or good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education: believers of different faiths. In everyday speech: a great believer in eating vegetables. Phrases: a believer in, a great/firm believer, non-believer.

### examples

- She's a great believer in getting a good night's sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x1)
- Believers go to the temple to pray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x2)
- My dad is a firm believer in fresh air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x3)
- The magician turned the sceptics into believers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x4)
- He became a believer after he saw the result. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x5)
- Christians, Muslims and Jews are all believers in one God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/#x6)

### note

Spelling: ie (believe, believer). Opposite: sceptic (UK) or skeptic (US), non-believer.

### In the corpora

- [Christians believe the Holy Spirit is God present with and in believers; wind, fire and a dove are pictures of the Spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/15/)
- [Whether to baptise babies or only believers is a disputed question among Christians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/13/)
- [Baptist churches baptise believers by full immersion and let each congregation govern itself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «believer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.