- the quality that somebody/something has that makes people believe or trust them
- to gain/lack/lose credibility
- The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness.
- After the recent scandal, the government has lost all credibility.
- The media were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what he did.
Extra Examples- BBC backing for the scheme will enhance its credibility.
- Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project.
- He had instant credibility with customers.
- She's been helping to restore market credibility for a new industrial process.
- Recommendations from two previous clients helped to establish her credibility.
- The administration was facing a credibility crisis.
- The certificate has great credibility in France and Germany.
- The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.
- The prime minister's credibility suffered in his handling of the crisis.
- The use of computer models adds credibility to the forecasts.
- There is little credibility among scientists for the book's claims.
- her credibility as a witness
- This story has no credibility at all.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- high
- real
- …
- carry
- have
- be lacking in
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- suffer
- gap
- issue
- problem
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- credibility among
- credibility as
- credibility for
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’.Definitions on the go
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