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  • 1credibility — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, high ▪ real ▪ moral, political, professional, scientific ▪ personal …

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  • 2credibility — credence, credit, credibility 1. In general use, credence means ‘belief, trustful acceptance’, and is used mainly in the expression to give (or lend) credence to, which means ‘believe, trust’: • The radicality of these changes…had lent credence… …

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  • 3credibility — cred|i|bil|i|ty [ˌkredıˈbılıti] n [U] 1.) the quality of deserving to be believed and trusted damage/undermine sb s credibility (as sth) ▪ The scandal has damaged his credibility as a leader. credibility of ▪ There are serious questions about the …

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  • 4credibility — cred|i|bil|i|ty [ ,kredı bıləti ] noun uncount * qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them: The jury had doubts about the credibility of some of the witnesses. gain/lose credibility: The government is losing credibility by …

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  • 5credibility */ — UK [ˌkredəˈbɪlətɪ] / US [ˌkredɪˈbɪlətɪ] noun [uncountable] a) qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them The jury had doubts about the credibility of some of the witnesses. undermine someone s credibility (= damage it):… …

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  • 6credibility — noun (U) 1 the quality of deserving to be believed and trusted: This latest scandal has damaged his credibility as a leader . (+ of): There are serious questions about the credibility of these reports. | gain/lose credibility: Predictions of… …

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  • 7gain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, huge, impressive, major, real, significant, spectacular …

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  • 8Hacker (computer security) — This article is part of a series on …

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  • 9Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution — A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention, or Amendments Convention, is one of two alternative procedures for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution described in… …

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  • 10Wikipedia in culture — References to Wikipedia in culture have increased as more people learn about and use the online encyclopedia project. Many parody Wikipedia s openness, with characters vandalising or modifying articles. Still others feature characters using the… …

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