believerbe‧liev‧er /bəˈliːvə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
I’m a great believer in regular exercise.2someone who believes in a particular god, religion, or system of beliefs OPP unbeliever
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Conley is a devout believer in specialty niches.
- Efficient-market believers could strike it rich if they could persuade people to give up.
- Naturally this had immediate consequences for the destitute fed by the church chest that rich believers funded.
- She was a strong believer in women's participation in public affairs.
- The men behind the plan, he said, were respected Agency veterans, deep believers in a free Havana.
- The movie is less than a miracle, but it made a believer out of me.
Longman Language Activatorto strongly approve of something
· My son wants to leave school to concentrate on his acting career and I totally approve.strongly/totally/wholeheartedly etc approve of · He strongly approves of his wife's decision not to work until the children are old enough to go to school.
also be all in favor of American spoken if you are all for something or all in favour of something , you strongly approve of it -- used especially when you do not approve of something else that is often connected with it: · The priest is all in favour of music in church, but he doesn't think rock music is appropriate.be all for (somebody) doing something: · I'm all for people going out and enjoying themselves, as long as they don't drive when they're drunk.· Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for cutting taxes if we can do it without hurting the poor.
to approve of a particular way of living or of doing things because you think it brings good results: · Alan is a firm believer in a healthy diet and regular exercise.· I've never been a great believer in private schools.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fervent supporter of human rights Corey was always a firm believer in prayer. Len was a great believer in the power of positive thinking.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a fervent supporter of human rights Corey was always a firm believer in prayer. Len was a great believer in the power of positive thinking.· He was a firm believer in the power of prayer.· Bill Tobin is a firm believer that the scouting department should have more influence than assistant coaches in running the draft.· Despite the obstacles they encountered in their research and their own experience, the three young interviewers remain firm believers in inclusion.· Daley was a firm believer in the bootstrap theory.· A firm believer in mysticism and fate, he felt he had ignored the course his intuition was guiding him to follow.
· Lampard was a great believer in eating whenever you could.· History had made the Saigormais great believers in luck.· Birch was also a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast-iron columns, and this confidence was fully vindicated by time.
· This is a great temptation facing the religious believer.
· And nobody is going to more than three Warriors games without being a true believer.· In short, the Middle East sets true believer against true believer with survival as the issue.· But the true believers are an irrepressible group.· Each is a true believer from a distinct wing of the conservative movement.· What causes seem most likely to mobilize true believers to take extraordinary political actions?· Not like back in the old days when just a few eccentrics and a handful of true believers would come out.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Daley was a firm believer in the bootstrap theory.
- He was a firm believer in the power of prayer.
- He was a great believer in expressing aggression, not bottling it up.
- Lampard was a great believer in eating whenever you could.
- Letterman is a believer in the immigrant mentality.
- Molly was a believer in homeopathy and underwent her last operation and subsequent treatment in the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital.
- She is a believer in fundamentals, in technique.
- Tip is a firm believer in fate, and in 1961 the finger pointed in the right direction for him.
WORD FAMILYnounbeliefdisbeliefbelieveradjectivebelievable ≠ unbelievabledisbelievingverbbelieve ≠ disbelieveadverbunbelievably
1be a (great/firm) believer in something to believe strongly that something is good and effective: I’m a great believer in regular exercise.2someone who believes in a particular god, religion, or system of beliefs OPP unbeliever