"cred" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɛd/ Audio: En-au-cred.ogg [Australia] Forms: creds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: Clippings. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cred (countable and uncountable, plural creds)
  1. (originally slang, uncountable) Credibility. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cred-en-noun-ASEfF-fQ
  2. (computing, informal, usually in the plural) A credential. Tags: countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-cred-en-noun-uhPaTO89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 58 38 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (science fiction, slang) A credit (currency unit). Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-cred-en-noun-rIoF4Q~K Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: street cred Related terms: bona fides

Inflected forms

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          "text": "After listening to that sheer pile of bull mess he tried to tell me yesterday, I've decided he's got precisely zero cred as far as I'm concerned."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 November, Popular Science, volume 261, number 5, page 48",
          "text": "Don't worry about losing geek cred here: In addition to its usual functions, the remote will be able to call up a customizable Command menu that executes any program or script you have the temerity to put in its configuration file.",
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        "(originally slang, uncountable) Credibility."
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          "ref": "1998, Lou Langholtz, comp.soft-sys.dce (Usenet)",
          "text": "DCE programming: using login creds to auth server?",
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          "ref": "2021, Michael Carroll, Laurel Sills, Matthew Smith, Judge Dredd Year Three",
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