{
    "term": "credible",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "that can be believed or trusted",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **credible explanation/witness**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is just not credible that she would cheat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seems barely credible that anyone could have walked so far in a day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need imagination to make what you write fully credible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seemed to be a credible account of events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's only one credible witness in the case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They haven't yet come up with a credible explanation."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "convincing",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "that can be accepted, because it seems possible that it could be successful",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Community service is seen as the only credible alternative to imprisonment."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "viable",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkredəbl/",
                "audio": "cr/credible/credible__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkredəbl/",
                "audio": "cr/credible/credible__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’."
}