noun
credibility
CEFR C1
the quality of being believable or trustworthy
In a sentence
Six example sentences with credibility, each labelled with its topic.
Two hours of cross-examination left the witness's credibility in tatters once the jury heard her earlier statement read aloud.
Law
After shipping three features they had publicly promised, the tiny team finally had credibility with enterprise buyers who had ignored them.
Startups
A central bank that misses its inflation target twice loses the credibility it needs for a mere announcement to move markets.
Finance
The minister's credibility collapsed once the emails showed she had known about the delay for months.
Politics
A lab's credibility rests on other groups repeating its results, and two failures in a row can end a career.
Science
The clinic gained credibility with patients when it began publishing its own complication rates each year.
Medicine
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Found in these word lists
Found in 5 published word lists
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
Each source is a published word list that contains credibility. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.