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credits

credits

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A list of people who worked on a movie shown at the end
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɛdɪts/
translation icon : créditos
  • During the ending credits, we noticed a special thank you section for the volunteers who supported the film.
  • CREDITS ROLL
  • END CREDITS
  • BEGIN CREDITS

We left during the credits before the lights came up.

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Examples

  • We left during the credits before the lights came up.

    Club Random Podcast

  • So I watched it again and I waited for the credits and then the credits popped up.

    Zane and Heath: UNFILTERED

  • OPENING CREDITS to the movie appear just as cop show credits would.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • If anything, promotion should be similar to the end credits of a film, not the main plot.

  • Go swimming in the Chicago fountain from the opening credits of Marry With Children.

  • CHICAGO - AERIAL - NIGHT CREDITS BEGIN OVER: Snow swirls around the tall buildings of downtown Chicago.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • CREDITS CONTINUE ROLLING as we see a MONTAGE of life in the late Eighties.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • END CREDITS ROLL OVER: Archival film footage.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • After the last scene ended, we sat through the credits to see who helped make the film.

  • The credits listed the many talented individuals who worked on the movie, including actors and crew members.

Surface Forms

credits singular
credits plural
credit singular

Morphology

credits = credit (transparent) = credit + s

A straightforward pluralization of the noun 'credit' in the sense of acknowledgement; the list meaning is directly derived from people receiving credit.

Etymology

Credits comes from the common word credit, which comes from the old root credere meaning 'to believe'. So to give someone credit is to say they did the work, and a film's credits are the list that shows and recognizes who helped make it.