Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cred

/kɹɛd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: cred
IPA: /kɹɛd/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

A credit (currency unit).

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After listening to that sheer pile of bull mess he tried to tell me yesterday, I've decided he's got precisely zero cred as far as I'm concerned."
"Don't worry about losing geek cred here: In addition to its usual functions, the remote will be able to call up a customizable Command menu that executes any program or script you have the temerity to put in its configuration file."
"DCE programming: using login creds to auth server?"
"And you're getting well paid, of course, but that's nothing to them, is it? They could double your salary, Gertler—pay you two million creds a year —and it'd still be peanuts to these people […]"

Etymology

Clippings.

Usage

Inflected Forms

creds (plural)

Phrases

street cred bona fides

Frequently Paired Words

bona fides

Synonyms

street credibility street cred

Rhymes With

said read head red instead lead dead led bed ahead spread ed

Questions

How do you pronounce cred?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹɛd/.
What does cred mean?: Credibility.
Where does cred come from?: Clippings.

How to pronounce cred

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