CREDIBLE


Meaning of CREDIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kredɪb(ə)l ]

1.

Credible means able to be trusted or believed.

Baroness Thatcher’s claims seem credible to many...

But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.

= plausible

ADJ

2.

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...

ADJ

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