Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛd/Category:English 1-syllable words#CREDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CRED

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛd#CREDCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛd/1 syllable#CRED

Noun

cred (countable and uncountable, plural creds)Category:English lemmas#CREDCategory:English nouns#CREDCategory:English uncountable nouns#CREDCategory:English countable nouns#CREDCategory:English countable nouns#CREDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. (originally slangCategory:English slang#CRED, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CRED) Credibility.

   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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CRED

   • 2002 November, Popular Science, volume 261, number 5, page 48:

     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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2. (computingCategory:en:Computing#CRED, informalCategory:English informal terms#CRED, usually in the plural) A credential.
   • 1998, Lou Langholtz, comp.soft-sys.dce (Usenet):

     DCE programming: using login creds to auth server?

     Category:English terms with quotations#CRED

3. (science fictionCategory:en:Science fiction#CRED, slangCategory:English slang#CRED) A credit (currency unit).
   • 2021, Michael Carroll, Laurel Sills, Matthew Smith, Judge Dredd Year Three:

     And you're getting well paid, of course, but that's nothing to them, is it? They could double your salary, Gertler—pay you two million creds a year —and it'd still be peanuts to these people […]

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See also

• bona fides

Anagrams

• CDRE, CDer, cedr-, rec'd

Alternative forms

• credu

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Aromanian terms inherited from Latin#CREDCategory:Aromanian terms derived from Latin#CRED crēdō. Compare Romanian crede, cred.

Verb

cred (third-person singular creadi or creade, participle cridzutã)Category:Aromanian lemmas#CREDCategory:Aromanian verbs#CREDCategory:Aromanian entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. to believe

Alternative forms

• cre (kwe1)

Etymology

From clipping of EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#CRED creditCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#CRED.

Pronunciation

Noun

credCategory:Chinese lemmas#CREDCategory:Chinese nouns#CREDCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#CRED, university slangCategory:zh:Universities#CREDCategory:Chinese student slang#CRED) credit

   唔夠cred畢業／唔够cred毕业 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ gau³ kwet¹ bat¹ jip⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  not enough credits for graduationCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations

Etymology

Akin to Italian credere, from Latin.

Verb

credCategory:Lombard lemmas#CREDCategory:Lombard verbs#CREDCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. to believe

Verb

cred (verbal noun credjal, past participle credjit)Category:Manx lemmas#CREDCategory:Manx verbs#CREDCategory:Manx entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. alternative form of creid

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkred/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#CRED
• Rhymes: -edCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/ed#CREDCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/ed/1 syllable#CRED

Verb

credCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#CREDCategory:Romanian verb forms#CREDCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. first-person singular present indicative of crede

   Cred că ești Diavolul, copile.

   I believe that you are the Devil, child.

   Category:Romanian terms with usage examples#CRED

2. first-person singular present subjunctive of crede

   Nu pot să cred că fratele lui e atât de prost.

   I can't believe his brother is so stupid.

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3. third-person plural present indicative of crede

   Ei nu cred că suntem toți copiii lui Dumnezeu.

   They don't believe that we are all the children of God.

   Category:Romanian terms with usage examples#CRED

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreːd/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#CRED
• Rhymes: -eːdCategory:Rhymes:Welsh/eːd#CREDCategory:Rhymes:Welsh/eːd/1 syllable#CRED

Noun

cred f (plural credau)Category:Welsh lemmas#CREDCategory:Welsh nouns#CREDCategory:Welsh countable nouns#CREDCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Welsh feminine nouns#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED

1. belief, creed

Verb

credCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#CREDCategory:Welsh verb forms#CREDCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#CREDCategory:Pages with entries#CREDCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CRED (literaryCategory:Welsh literary terms#CRED)

1. inflection of credu:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future
   2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation