{
    "term": "credibility",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the quality that somebody/something has that makes people believe or trust them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **gain/lack/lose credibility**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prosecution did its best to **undermine the credibility** of the witness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the recent scandal, the government has **lost all credibility**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The media were talking of a **credibility gap** between what he said and what he did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "BBC backing for the scheme will enhance its credibility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had instant credibility with customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's been helping to restore market credibility for a new industrial process."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recommendations from two previous clients helped to establish her credibility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The administration was facing a credibility crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The certificate has great credibility in France and Germany."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister's credibility suffered in his handling of the crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The use of computer models adds credibility to the forecasts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is little credibility among scientists for the book's claims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her credibility as a witness"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This story has no credibility at all."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "real"],
                "verb + credibility": ["carry", "have", "be lacking in"],
                "credibility + verb": ["suffer"],
                "credibility + noun": ["gap", "issue", "problem"],
                "preposition": [
                    "credibility  among",
                    "credibility  as",
                    "credibility  for"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkredəˈbɪləti/",
                "audio": "cr/credibility/credibility__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkredəˈbɪləti/",
                "audio": "cr/credibility/credibility__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’."
}