Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Believing has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
"The success of the project relied entirely on believing that our team could overcome every obstacle."
In plain English: Believing is having faith that something is true even without seeing proof yourself.
"His believing in her honesty convinced him to lend money without hesitation."
Usage: Use believing to describe the active mental state of trusting someone or accepting an idea as true. It is often interchangeable with belief when emphasizing the ongoing nature of that conviction rather than a static fact.
present participle of believe
"The children were believing every fairy tale their grandmother told them before bedtime."
In plain English: Believing means accepting something as true even though you cannot see proof for it yourself.
"She was believing every promise he made without a second thought."
The word "believing" comes from Middle English forms of the verb "to believe." It entered modern usage by simply adding the suffix "-ing" to indicate the action or state of holding a belief.