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 for→give credit to someone
give credits to→give credit to
Say it for a higher band
5thank→6acknowledge→7+give credit to
Synonyms
acknowledge
Easily confused
acknowledge
“The paper acknowledges the contribution of earlier studies.”
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