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credited

credited

3.9
People say a person or group made something
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɛdɪtɪd/
translation icon : acreditado
  • The scientist is credited with discovering a new treatment for the disease.

I'm curious why you're not a credited producer on the film, because I think that you deserve an Oscar for Best Picture.

Examples

  • And Jean Patu is often credited with the invention of the knit sweater, swimsuit and sportswear in general.

  • She is often credited as the main contributor to the project's success.

  • And what I would point out is this California is always credited with leading the nation.

  • One of those, Doctor Broughton, is of course famously credited with bringing down a government.

  • Drawings of wildlife and the natural environment were all credited to him and enriched the publication.

  • Yes, yes, this is Dmitri Mendeleev, and he's credited with creating the first periodic table.

  • The fashionable but disposable quartz Swatch watches are credited with saving the Swiss watch industry.

  • So Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky could plausibly be credited with creating the whole Moneyball phenomenon.

  • Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph.

Synonyms

to cite
vscredited
  • Formal
103 4.8

To praise someone in an official statement for an achievement

focuses on naming someone specifically as the creator or origin
to assign
vscredited
47 3.2

Say that a person or cause made something

emphasizes being named as the original originator

Antonyms

discredited
6.0

No longer trusted or respected because people found problems with it

How Recognized

celebrated
1 3.2
credited
3.9

Surface Forms

credited positive

Morphology

credited = credit (transparent) = credit + ed

Formed by the verb 'credit' plus the past-participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', yielding the meaning 'given credit'.

Etymology

Credited comes from the old root cred, which means 'to believe', and is the same root in credit. So to credit someone is to 'believe' they did something and to name them as the source or give them the praise.