Another way to say i believe

There are several ways to say “I believe”; I am sure, I trust, In my opinion, … It epends on the context. Sometimes you want to be a little more cautious with your words, and others you want to say exactly what you feel.
Here are the most common ways to say I believe.

• In my opinion
• From my perspective
• Based on …, it is …
• As far as I am concerned
• The facts … suggests the …
• According to …, the …
• Based on the evidence, …
• Relying on …
• It is my belief (not necessarily in agreement with facts), that….
• In agreement with …, I agree that…
• I am sure (not necessarily in agreement with facts), that….
• With regard to …. , it is …
• In my understanding, …
• In the light of …, I believe…
• It follows that …
• Consistent with past experience, it is…
• Given the current situation, we may conclude that….
• Comparing … and …. , we can see that …
• In view of … , it seems reasonable to assume that …
• I assume that…
• According to the evidence, it is clear that…
• Convinced that …, I can say …
• From my knowledge of …, I believe that …
• For all I know
• As far as I can tell
• From my point of view

“I believe” is used in cases where people are not certain. They cannot know for sure on which side of an argument they should stand. “In my opinion” is used when you can be sure about what you think and what you believe. It is not used when somebody does not know for sure, but admits to it (e.g., his bad health).

Examples

• I think that if we all learn more about the world, we will all be happier…
• My view is that the government has no right to tax those who work in this country …
• I think that if the government continues its present tax policy, we will not be able to achieve peace in the world…
• It is my belief that we should reduce our intake of oil …
• I assume that if you want peace, you should start working on it now.
• My understanding is that the government has full right to tax those who work in this country.
• In my understanding, the world is becoming a happier place…
• From my knowledge of history, I believe that we will not rule out war forever.
• I assume you know this means…
• My view is that if we want peace, we should start work on it now.
• Given the current situation, it would be unsafe for us to take a new project…
• In view of the current situation, it seems reasonable to assume that more schools should be built…
• It is my belief that there will be peace in the world one day …
• I think that if we all learn more about the world, we will all be happier…
• We may conclude that the current situation suggests we should adopt a policy of less tax on labour so as to help the wages rise.
• Consistent with past experience, it is reasonable to assume that soya beans are likely to be high again this year.
• Comparing this situation with past one, I think this one is much better than the former…
• As far as I can tell, he is a good lawyer…
• For all I know, we will all be happier…

Similar terms include: “in my view”, “in my opinion”, “in my view of things” (less formal), “as far as I am concerned”
A reverse order is possible in some cases: “I believe that…”, “As I believe…”, etc.

A similar term is “As far as I am aware”, which can be used to mean that the speaker knows the exact amount. This can be used with either “I know” or “I believe”.

A similar term is the passive voice of “It is my belief that…”, ending with an object pronoun in third person: “that X”. The meaning of this sentence is that someone else’s (knowledge) has been substituted for one’s own beliefs; e.g. “It is my belief that the world is round.”

“In my opinion” shares with “my belief” the meaning of “it is what I think”, but adds that it is certain.

“According to me…/ To my mind…”, “I think…” and even “in my view…” can be used as a substitute for “my opinion, in short”, or “…in brief.”