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Credibleness
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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adjective
1.
capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
2.
worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin crēdibilis, equivalent to crēd(ere) to believe + -ibilis -ible
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin crēdibilis, equivalent to crēd(ere) to believe + -ibilis -ible
Related forms
cred·i·bil·i·ty, cred·i·ble·ness, noun
cred·i·bly, adverb
non·cred·i·ble, adjective
non·cred·i·ble·ness, noun
non·cred·i·b·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. plausible, likely, reasonable, tenable.
1. plausible, likely, reasonable, tenable.
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