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{
"term": "credible",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "that can be believed or trusted",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **credible explanation/witness**"
},
{
"text": "It is just not credible that she would cheat."
},
{
"text": "It seems barely credible that anyone could have walked so far in a day."
},
{
"text": "You need imagination to make what you write fully credible."
},
{
"text": "It seemed to be a credible account of events."
},
{
"text": "There's only one credible witness in the case."
},
{
"text": "They haven't yet come up with a credible explanation."
}
],
"synonyms": "convincing",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "that can be accepted, because it seems possible that it could be successful",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Community service is seen as the only credible alternative to imprisonment."
}
],
"synonyms": "viable",
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkredəbl/",
"audio": "cr/credible/credible__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkredəbl/",
"audio": "cr/credible/credible__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’."
}