phrasal verb · neutral

give credit to

/ɡɪv ˈkrɛdɪt tuː/give·CRED·it·to

task2speaking

to acknowledge someone for their contribution or achievement

Examples

We should give credit to the researchers who collected the data.

The coach gave credit to the team for their effort.

In her article she always gives credit to original sources.

Band 8 sentence

In formal reports, it is important to give credit to primary sources to maintain academic integrity.

Collocations

  • give credit to the team
  • give credit to the author
  • give credit where credit is due

Word family

give credit verb phrasecredit (someone) with (something) verb phrase

Common mistakes

give someone credit forgive credit to someone

give credits togive credit to

Say it for a higher band

5thank6acknowledge7+give credit to

Synonyms

acknowledge

Easily confused

acknowledge

The paper acknowledges the contribution of earlier studies.

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