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credible

[kred-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of being believed; believable.

    a credible statement.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy.

    a credible witness.



credible

/ ˈɛɪə /

adjective

  1. capable of being believed

  2. trustworthy or reliable

    the latest claim is the only one to involve a credible witness

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • credibility noun
  • credibleness noun
  • credibly adverb
  • noncredible adjective
  • noncredibleness noun
  • noncredibly adverb
  • ˈ徱 adverb
  • ˈ徱Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of credible1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ŧ徱, from ŧ() “to believe, confide, entrust” + -ibilis -ible
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Word History and Origins

Origin of credible1

C14: from Latin ŧ徱, from Latin ŧ to believe
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Iran continued with some activities until 2009 - when Western powers revealed the construction of the Fordo underground enrichment facility - but after that there were "no credible indications" of weapons development, the agency concluded.

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Conservative shadow chancellor Mel Stride accused Labour of "spending money it doesn't have, with no credible plan to pay for it".

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Police said on Friday that there were "credible links" to suggest Koffa was "strategically involved" in the incident.

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The next few days are vital – "one of the last moments to weave it all together – to look politically credible to the people Labour has lost", one senior figure reckons.

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Because the film leans so heavily into its breakneck antics, the folks here mostly come off more as a collection of stereotypes than as realistic people tackling a credible crisis.

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