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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
August 01, 2007

Credible, Incredible, Credibility

credibility (noun) - believability, people believe and trust

credible (adjective)

incredible (adjective) - difficult to believe

enhance your credibility
undermine the credibility of
a credible solution
a credible alternative
a credible explanation
a credible story
a credible threat
political credibility
personal credibility
professional credibility
a credible investigation
to be credible, we must x
look credible
a margin of credibility
fragile credibility
keep credibility intact
damage credibility
bolster credibility
lose your credibility
credibility benefited from
boost credibility
give renewed credibility
a book becomes a credible movie
a credibility gap

wreck your credibility
likely to be credible
becoming credible
a credible expose
a credible basis for

a credible force to be reckoned with
play a credible part in
believed to have a great deal of credibility
do least damage to credibility
the credibility you gain when


Example sentences:

* You may not earn so much but the experience, contacts, and professional credibility you acquire will be invaluable.

* There has been quite a clamour for a credible investigation by independent and partial experts.

* "The concept of irrevocably fixed exchange rates, by its very nature, can never be fully credible." (Source: British National Corpus)

* It's just not credible!

* If we try to solve too many problems at once, we'll lose all our credibility!

* Any solution to this problem must be a credible one.

* This rumour would have some margin of credibility if we could get a few more people to substantiate it.

* Sudden shifts in monetary policy will undermine the credibility of the central bank.

* After the scandal they lost their credibility.

* A credibility gap is quickly developing between management and the union which is threatening to strike.

* A five-minute phone call to the right people quickly established our credibility, after which we got down to business and sketched out a deal.

* The evidence that he lied damaged his credibility.

* Don't expect to bolster your credibility by dropping a bunch of names of famous people you've met.

* Faced with a dilemma, she chose the course of action that would do least damage to her credibility.

* They have lost all their credibility.

* The threats lost all their credibility when they failed to follow through on them.

* Their credibility benefited from a threat they probably wouldn't have been able to enforce

* She has been using every opportunity she gets to boost her credibility in the lead up to the elections.

* The political party rehabilitated the fallen leader and gave him renewed credibility.

* "As Catch 22 , Slaughterhouse-5 and others have shown, some books have too slippery and permanent a place in people's lives to become credible movies." (Source: British National Corpus)


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