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{
"term": "credibility",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the quality that somebody/something has that makes people believe or trust them",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **gain/lack/lose credibility**"
},
{
"text": "The prosecution did its best to **undermine the credibility** of the witness."
},
{
"text": "After the recent scandal, the government has **lost all credibility**."
},
{
"text": "The media were talking of a **credibility gap** between what he said and what he did."
},
{
"text": "BBC backing for the scheme will enhance its credibility."
},
{
"text": "Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project."
},
{
"text": "He had instant credibility with customers."
},
{
"text": "She's been helping to restore market credibility for a new industrial process."
},
{
"text": "Recommendations from two previous clients helped to establish her credibility."
},
{
"text": "The administration was facing a credibility crisis."
},
{
"text": "The certificate has great credibility in France and Germany."
},
{
"text": "The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public."
},
{
"text": "The prime minister's credibility suffered in his handling of the crisis."
},
{
"text": "The use of computer models adds credibility to the forecasts."
},
{
"text": "There is little credibility among scientists for the book's claims."
},
{
"text": "her credibility as a witness"
},
{
"text": "This story has no credibility at all."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "high", "real"],
"verb + credibility": ["carry", "have", "be lacking in"],
"credibility + verb": ["suffer"],
"credibility + noun": ["gap", "issue", "problem"],
"preposition": [
"credibility among",
"credibility as",
"credibility for"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkredəˈbɪləti/",
"audio": "cr/credibility/credibility__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkredəˈbɪləti/",
"audio": "cr/credibility/credibility__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’."
}