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  • 11creditable — adjective Date: 1526 1. worthy of belief < a creditable report > 2. sufficiently good to bring esteem or praise < a creditable performance > 3. worthy of commercial credit 4. capable of being assigned • creditability …

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  • 12creditable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ highly, very ▪ She gave a highly creditable performance as the wicked queen. Creditable is used with these nouns: ↑ …

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  • 13creditable — cred|it|a|ble [ˈkredıtəbəl] adj [usually before noun] deserving praise or approval ▪ The team produced a creditable performance . ▪ She did a creditable job of impersonating the singer Mariah Carey. &GT;creditably adv …

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  • 14creditable — cred|it|a|ble [ kredıtəbl ] adjective good enough to deserve some praise or admiration: He finished a very creditable fifth in the race. The company has turned in a creditable performance this year …

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  • 15creditable — UK [ˈkredɪtəb(ə)l] / US adjective good enough to deserve some praise or admiration He finished a very creditable fifth in the race. The company has produced a creditable performance this year …

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  • 16creditable — See credible. See credible, creditable …

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  • 17creditable — adjective her forty years of creditable stage work Syn: commendable, praiseworthy, laudable, admirable, honorable, estimable, meritorious, worthy, deserving, respectable See note at believable Ant: deplorable …

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  • 18creditable evidence — index admissible evidence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19creditable — creditableness, creditability, n. creditably, adv. /kred i teuh beuhl/, adj. bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem. [1520 30; CREDIT + ABLE] Syn. praiseworthy, meritorious, estimable, honorable. * * * …

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  • 20creditable — adjective /ˈkrɛdɪtəbəl/ a) credible or believable b) that brings credit or honour; respectable Syn: believable, credible, comme …

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