noun, verb · academic
credit
/ˈkrɛdɪt/CRED·it
noun: recognition for an achievement; verb: to acknowledge someone as responsible for something
Examples
“Scholars often credit economic reform with improvements in employment rates, but evidence is mixed.”
“Authors should receive credit for original ideas to encourage academic integrity.”
“The report gives credit to several community initiatives for reducing local pollution.”
Band 8 sentence
“Most historians now credit a complex set of social and economic factors, rather than a single event, with the gradual decline of the industry.”
Collocations
- credit someone with something
- give/receive credit
- credit for an idea
Word family
Common mistakes
credit to someone for doing→credit someone with something
He deserved the credit of the idea→He deserved credit for the idea
take the credit to→take the credit for
Say it for a higher band
5believe→6acknowledge→7+credit
Synonyms
attribute
acknowledge
Easily confused
attribute
“Many economists attribute the growth to structural reforms rather than fiscal stimulus.”
acknowledge
“The author acknowledged the help of several colleagues in the preface.”
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