adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Courageous behaviour and dogged endurance are more believable here than in many other types of adventure-story.
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We will be able to judge which candidate is more believable .
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The poem might be thought self-pitying if it were more believable .
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And the manslaughter charges were much more believable , and would be harder to fight.
■ NOUN
character
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This doesn't work with video, which is a literal medium demanding believable characters in believable situations.
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Stevenson, Anne Noted for her realistic, fast-paced stories, believable characters , and excellent use of dialogue.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hardly anything they put on the news programs these days is believable .
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Her story is told in a straightforward, believable fashion.
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The plot is believable , but the characters aren't very interesting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I promise you, Doctor, the solution is quite believable .
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In fact, it will make anything else you say less believable .
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In the opener, the action is believable , and the effects sharp.
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It consistently indulged in folies de grandeur - and somehow it made them believable .
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One of the differences between life and writing is that writing always has to be believable whereas life isn't!
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The movie is spectacular but believable , exciting yet cerebral.
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Very laudable, Leo, but hardly believable .
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We will be able to judge which candidate is more believable .