"credibility" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-credibility.wav Forms: credibilities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor+|en|fr|crédibilité}} Borrowed from French crédibilité, {{der|en|ML.|credibilitas}} Medieval Latin credibilitas, {{der|en|la|credibilis}} Latin credibilis, {{surf|en|credible|-ity}} By surface analysis, credible + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} credibility (countable and uncountable, plural credibilities)
  1. Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed): believability, personal capital Translations (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed): geloofwaardigheid (Afrikaans), مِصْدَاقِيّة (miṣdāqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), արժանահավատություն (aržanahavatutʻyun) (Armenian), крэдыт даверу (kredyt davjeru) (Belarusian), credibilitat [feminine] (Catalan), 可靠性 (kěkàoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 可信性 (kěxìnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), důvěryhodnost [feminine] (Czech), geloofwaardigheid [feminine] (Dutch), uskottavuus (Finnish), crédibilité [feminine] (French), credibilidade [feminine] (Galician), დამაჯერებლობა (damaǯerebloba) (Georgian), საიმედოობა (saimedooba) (Georgian), სანდოობა (sandooba) (Georgian), Glaubwürdigkeit [feminine] (German), אמינות (aminút) [feminine] (Hebrew), אמון (emún) [masculine] (Hebrew), hihetőség (Hungarian), szavahihetőség (Hungarian), keterpercayaan (Indonesian), kredibilitas (Indonesian), inchreidteacht [feminine] (Irish), credibilità [feminine] (Italian), 信用性 (shin'yō-sē) (Japanese), kebolehpercayaan (Malay), kredibiliti (Malay), yn-chredjallys [masculine] (Manx), troverdighet [masculine] (Norwegian), wiarygodność [feminine] (Polish), credibilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), credibilitate (Romanian), креди́т доверия (kredít doverija) (Russian), creideas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), credibilidad [feminine] (Spanish), trovärdighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-credibility-en-noun-0CsHRQbq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed": 98 2 Disambiguation of "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed": 98 2
  2. (law) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: whether or not a witness is being truthful): верагоднасць (vjerahódnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), 可靠性 (kěkàoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 可信性 (kěxìnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), uskottavuus (Finnish), უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba) (Georgian), სანდოობა (sandooba) (Georgian), Glaubwürdigkeit [feminine] (German), creidiúnacht [feminine] (Irish), wiarygodność [feminine] (Polish), credibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), достове́рность (dostovérnostʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-credibility-en-noun-DIfg~ALq Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: whether or not a witness is being truthful': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: credibility gap, noncredibility, street credibility Related terms: credence, credible, credit Coordinate_terms: cred

Inflected forms

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          "word": "可靠性"
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
          "word": "სანდოობა"
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          "word": "Glaubwürdigkeit"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kredít doverija",
          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
          "word": "креди́т доверия"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
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          "sense": "reputation impacting one's ability to be believed",
          "tags": [
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      "word": "დამაჯერებლობა"
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      "word": "可靠性"
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