INCREDIBLE


Meaning of INCREDIBLE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you describe something or someone as ~, you like them very much or are impressed by them, because they are extremely or unusually good.

The wildflowers will be ~ after this rain...

= fantastic

ADJ approval

incredibly

Their father was incredibly good-looking.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

2.

If you say that something is ~, you mean that it is very unusual or surprising, and you cannot believe it is really true, although it may be.

It seemed ~ that people would still want to play football during a war...

? credible

ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that

incredibly

Incredibly, some people don’t like the name.

ADV: usu ADV with cl

3.

You use ~ to emphasize the degree, amount, or intensity of something.

It’s ~ how much Francesca wants her father’s approval...

= amazing

ADJ: usu ADJ n, also it v-link ADJ wh, v-link ADJ emphasis

incredibly

It was incredibly hard work.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

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