| word | credible |
|---|---|
| definition | adjective Credible means able to be trusted or believed. Her claims seem credible to many. To maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance. Ministers can equally credibly claim that the opposition is to blame. A credible candidate, policy, or system, for example, is one that appears to have a chance of being successful . Mr Robertson would be a credible candidate. The challenge before the opposition is to offer credible alternative policies for the future. He was the only figure who could credibly run the country. |
| inflections | crediblycredibly |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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