credibility
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4.0
- noun
- /ˌkrɛdɪˈbɪləti/
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credibilidad
- With his patronage comes credibility, and with credibility comes respect.
- lend credibility to
- gain credibility
- lose credibility
But I would say that I have more credibility in business.
- But I would say that I have more credibility in business.
- And I mean, their credibility has been totally trashed.
- While you were destroying my credibility, you were being paid by me.
- He has massive credibility issues, to put it mildly.
- Or does confronting them give them credibility and help them spread?
- So do these observations lend credibility to Casper's claims?
- That adds to his credibility with his knowledge that he's sharing.
- And if I didn't go through that, I wouldn't have enough credibility to even speak for us.
- I've never seen any institution ever lose as much credibility overnight.
- It's more like the it's more like gold gave the governments the credibility for their currencies.
- He had to do something or they would lose all credibility.
- I don't want to destroy her credibility.
Examples
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Her thorough research gave her presentation a lot of credibility among the experts.
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Otherwise, model results may lack relevance and the credibility needed for them to truly inform policy decisions.
Academic text (1999) -
But I would say that I have more credibility in business.
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And they really did have that experience and that credibility and that track record.
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There is nothing that will feel better than having credibility with yourself.
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Your credibility is at stake!
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But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world...
Fiction book (1995) -
And where does his credibility on the topic come from?
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If you believe it, you get instant credibility with the jury.
Academic text (2011) -
Your honor, this line of questioning is vital to the issue of credibility.
Synonyms
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4.8
A quality that shows something is real and believable to people
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3.5
A person or thing you can trust to work well every time
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4.8
A state in which people accept something as true or right
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7.1
Belief that something is true
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7.6
Being honest and not telling lies
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7.0
How likely something is to be true
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3.7
How much something seems true or real to people
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7.7
Ability to make others believe or accept an idea
The quality of being believable and trusted by others
How believable and trustworthy something is
How likely something seems to be true
The ability to make someone believe something is true
Antonyms
Compounds
How Credible
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4.2
12
3.8
462
4.0
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7.0
2
8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Credibility comes from the Latin root credere meaning 'to believe' and has the same root as the everyday word credit. That's why if a person or idea has credibility people are ready to 'believe' and 'trust' it.