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Definitions for believable
be·liev·able
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Princeton's WordNet
credible, believableadjective
capable of being believed
"completely credible testimony"; "credible information"
Wiktionary
believableadjective
Capable of being believed; credible.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Believableadjective
Credible; that which may be credited or believed.
Etymology: from believe.
Webster Dictionary
Believableadjective
capable of being believed; credible
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of believable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of believable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of believable in a Sentence
The interpretation of this one depends on the ear of the beholder, to supporters, it likely sounds like a reassurance coming from a president they already trust and believe. To critics, it may sound like a desperate command from a leader who isn't naturally believable.
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.
The federation believe the documentary was a provocation aimed at discrediting Russian sport, after watching the documentary we immediately began to doubt how authentic and believable the material they edited was. We see this film ... as a planned attempt to create an ugly scandal within Russian athletics and Russian sport in general.
At best, they are uncorroborated. At worst, they’re just not believable. When you consider that they’re flying down I-75, he is driving and has time to do all of that, they get pulled over by a police officer, and she doesn’t tell him what’s going on? any female or male that comes forward and says anybody harasses them, that is serious. Those things are not to be taken lightly. But we have to be able to at least have some corroboration if we’re going to be saying my client did something wrong.
This is a very well-done report, very believable, and fits well with this emerging knowledge about the impacts of air pollution on a series of chronic diseases, i think you can very directly link relaxation of air pollution control standards with increased sickness and death.
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- правдоподобенBulgarian
- creïbleCatalan, Valencian
- uvěřitelnýCzech
- credadwyWelsh
- troværdig, troligDanish
- glaubhaftGerman
- kredeblaEsperanto
- creíbleSpanish
- sinesgarriBasque
- uskottavaFinnish
- croyableFrench
- crible, críbelGalician
- so-chredjalManx
- trúanlegur, sennilegurIcelandic
- 信じるJapanese
- ticamsLatvian
- credibleOccitan
- crívelPortuguese
- credibilRomanian
- правдоподо́бный, вероя́тныйRussian
- besueshëmAlbanian
- trovärdigSwedish
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