believable
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3.7
- adjective
- /bɪˈliːvəbl/
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creíble
- "Shadow-Below is chatting with the wind," he said, using a stern, believable voice.
- believable characters
- believable stories
- make it believable
It's not obvious to me how believable that is or was.
- It's not obvious to me how believable that is or was.
- Would you say you're a more believable elf than this person?
- And the answers they gave we found to be believable, correct and convincing.
- All much more believable than ghosts.
- So we needed a setting that was believable for our lead characters to wake up in.
- Give enough details that you're believable, but not so many that you're not trusted.
- What it indicated was that people see rhyming sentences as more believable than ones that don't rhyme.
- Did you injure yourself to make your position more believable?
- Her testimony was believable and heartbreaking.
- It's sort of is as believable for either.
Examples
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In a movie, a plot twist can make the story more exciting, but it still needs to be believable.
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And our campuses will not get involved unless there is a serious and believable threat of the draft.
Academic text (2006) -
That is very believable because it just happened to me.
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And you seem entirely believable and honest about this.
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So trust can only be built time plus believable behavior.
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To make this at all believable, Miller has to raise Williams' age from 11 to 17.
Academic text (1992) -
And the answers they gave we found to be believable, correct and convincing.
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Now, does a simple argument over phone bills sound like a believable explanation to you?
Fiction book (1991) -
Europeans, too, emerge as more complex and believable actors in North American history.
Academic text (1993) -
A character with minor flaws is believable because the world around us is flawed.
Academic text (2009)
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How Believable
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Etymology
Believable comes from the verb believe plus the ending -able, which means 'can be'. The root believe originally meant to 'hold dear' or accept something as true, so believable is something you 'can accept as true'.