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Verbs for Having an Opinion or Tendency

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to regard
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to account
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to deem
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to take for
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to incline
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to tend
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to dispose
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to lean towards
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to believe
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to think
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to buy
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to trust
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to doubt
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to suspect
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to buy into
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to hold
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to consider
to regard
to regard
Verb
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to think about someone or something in a specified way

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She regards her colleagues as valuable contributors to the team.
The teacher regards hard work and dedication as essential factors for success.

Grammatical Information:

complex transitive
to account
to account
Verb
a
ə
cc
k
o
a
u
ʊ
n
n
t
t

to regard someone or something in a particular way

Grammatical Information:

complex transitive
to deem
to deem
Verb
d
d
ee
i
m
m

to consider in a particular manner

Grammatical Information:

complex transitive
to take for
to take for
Verb
uk flag
/tˈeɪk fɔːɹ/

to interpret something with a specific viewpoint or assumption

Grammatical Information:

complex transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
take
phrase's particle
for
to incline
to incline
Verb
i
ɪ
n
n
c
k
l
l
i
n
n
e

to have a positive or favorable inclination or willingness towards a particular action, idea, or person

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to tend
to tend
Verb
t
t
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to be likely to develop or occur in a certain way because that is the usual pattern

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to dispose
to dispose
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
s
s
p
p
o
s
z
e

to make someone open and willing to embrace an attitude, belief, or action

indispose

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to lean towards
to lean towards
Verb
uk flag
/lˈiːn tʊwˈɔːɹd/

to favor something, especially an opinion

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
lean
phrase's particle
towards
to believe
to believe
Verb
b
b
e
ɪ
l
l
ie
i
v
v
e

to hold an opinion that something is the case

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to think
to think
Verb
th
θ
i
ɪ
n
n
k
k

to have a type of belief or idea about a person or thing

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to buy
to buy
Verb
b
b
u
y

to believe something as true

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to trust
to trust
Verb
t
t
r
r
u
ʌ
s
s
t
t

to believe that someone is sincere, reliable, or competent

distrust

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to doubt
to doubt
Verb
d
d
o
a
u
ʊ
b
t
t

to not believe or trust in something's truth or accuracy

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to suspect
to suspect
Verb
s
s
u
ə
s
s
p
p
e
ɛ
c
k
t
t

to think that something is probably true, especially something bad, without having proof

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to buy into
to buy into
Verb
uk flag
/bˈaɪ ˌɪntʊ/

to wholeheartedly believe in a set of ideas

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
buy
phrase's particle
into
to hold
to hold
Verb
h
h
o
l
l
d
d

to have a specific opinion or belief about someone or something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to consider
to consider
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
s
s
i
ɪ
d
d
e
ɜ
r
r

to regard someone or something in a certain way

Grammatical Information:

complex transitive

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