credit with something

credit with something
credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability.

I credited her with more sense than she showed.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • credit someone with something — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed …   New idioms dictionary

  • credit with — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed …   New idioms dictionary

  • credit with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms credit with : present tense I/you/we/they credit with he/she/it credits with present participle crediting with past tense credited with past participle credited with 1) credit someone with something to say or… …   English dictionary

  • credit someone with something — Syn: ascribe something to someone, attribute something to someone …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • credit — ► NOUN 1) the facility of being able to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future. 2) an entry in an account recording a sum received. 3) public acknowledgement or praise given for an… …   English terms dictionary

  • credit someone with — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed …   New idioms dictionary

  • credit — cred|it1 [ kredıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 arrangement to pay later ▸ 2 money you have right to ▸ 3 praise for something you did ▸ 4 at college/university ▸ 5 money added to account ▸ 6 movie etc. someone worked on ▸ 7 list of who made movie etc. ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • credit — cred|it1 W2S2 [ˈkredıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(delayed payment)¦ 2¦(praise)¦ 3 be a credit to somebody/something 4 have something to your credit 5 in credit 6 the credits 7 on the credit side 8¦(university)¦ 9¦(amount of money)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • credit — [[t]kre̱dɪt[/t]] ♦♦ credits, crediting, credited 1) N UNCOUNT: oft on N If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them. The group can t get credit to buy farming… …   English dictionary

  • credit — 1 / kredit/ noun 1 DELAYED PAYMENT (U) an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that makes it possible for you to buy something and pay for it later: on credit (=bought using this arrangement): stores that sell goods on credit | interest free credit… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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