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believe it or not en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) This may be surprising, but it's true.
    • That depends on how long the sentence is. Believe it or not, there’s a canon of construction about provisos, and the test is anything but clear: … 2001, Bryan A. Garner, Legal writing in plain English: a text with exercises, page 108:
    • The descending opening phrase of the aria is, believe it or not, Tatyana’s Fate theme from her Letter Scene, though now in a minor, not major key: … 2007, David Brown, Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music, page 165:
    • One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe it or not, cosmic rays. 2003, Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, PC hardware in a nutshell, page 230:
    • We're, believe it or not, in love with each other.

Relateds

like it or not

Synonyms

surprisingly · believe or not

Translations (30)

tl sa maniwala ka o sa hindi (This may be surprising, but it's true) · ga creid é nó ná creid (This may be surprising, but it's true) · es aunque usted no lo crea (This may be surprising, but it's true) · eo kredu-ne-kredu (This may be surprising, but it's true) · gd creid sin no nach creid (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pl uwierzcie lub nie (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pt acredite se quiser (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pt acredite ou não (This may be surprising, but it's true) · fi usko tai älä (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pl uwierz lub nie (This may be surprising, but it's true) · te నమ్ము నమ్మక పో (This may be surprising, but it's true) · hu akár hiszed, akár nem (This may be surprising, but it's true) · hu ha hiszed, ha nem (This may be surprising, but it's true) · fi uskokaa tai älkää (This may be surprising, but it's true) · fr croyez-le ou non (This may be surprising, but it's true) · tl maniwala ka man o hindi (This may be surprising, but it's true) · es lo creas o no (This may be surprising, but it's true) · de sage und schreibe (This may be surprising, but it's true) · hu hiszed vagy sem (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pl wierz lub nie (This may be surprising, but it's true) · gd creidibh sin no nach creid (This may be surprising, but it's true) · id percaya atau tidak (This may be surprising, but it's true) · cmn 信不信由你 (This may be surprising, but it's true) · ar صدق أو لا تصدق (This may be surprising, but it's true) · ja 信じようも信じまいと (This may be surprising, but it's true) · pl wierzcie lub nie (This may be surprising, but it's true) · tr ister inan, ister inanma (This may be surprising, but it's true) · ceb motuo ka o dili (This may be surprising, but it's true) · sv tro det eller ej (This may be surprising, but it's true) · ja 信じられないかもしれませんが (This may be surprising, but it's true)