Used in a Sentence

cred

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cred.

Editorial note

I'd be trading one kind of signaling for another, giving up technical cred in favor of business cred.

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Quick take

(originally slang, uncountable) Credibility.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cred gathered in one view.

noun

(originally slang, uncountable) Credibility.

noun

(science fiction, slang) A credit (currency unit).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cred.

noun

(originally slang, uncountable) Credibility.

noun

(science fiction, slang) A credit (currency unit).

Example sentences

1

I'd be trading one kind of signaling for another, giving up technical cred in favor of business cred.

2

They should toil for a decade or two in order to have the requisite cred before complaining about injustice?

3

NET that they should suddenly start writing actor systems 'for the good of the framework's OSS cred' seems silly.

4

If his claims are true then Michael Arrington's business cred is going to take a major hit.

5

The fact you can get a great paying job in mobile and web based on street cred is wonderful!

6

Patio's street cred doesn't come from the results of BCC, which was designed to be a small low-effort business.

7

Doing otherwise may create great nerd cred but doesn't make you do your job better.

8

Almost some kind of cred piece bolstered by his proxy encounter with Steve Jobs.

9

It gave me some street cred on my resume with bigcorp & people who don't know how to recruit, but that was about it.

10

Having CS credentials will give you more street cred with programmers who you'll ultimately try to rope in with a startup you want to found.

11

Though in general there is this phenomenon to grasp at any similarities and start espousing how functional a particular language/framework/library is, as if for street cred.

12

A USD 12K grant and the YC cred, would go a long way in rebalancing the ecosystem.

Quote examples

1

All under the banner of "We're going to f*cking Mars!" So yeah, giant nerd cred.

2

Pretty git log: alias gl="git log -n 15 --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit" Copy current working dir (OSX), very handy.

3

Particularly, because I've got some "street cred" with my startup, and basically my work with my company and GitHub speaks for my talents.

4

"PG-13" was given consideration until focus group testing found the name to be lacking in street cred.

Proper noun examples

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Challenges to relativity not only get attention from the scientific community, they are _encouraged and funded_ - the community would be beside itself in glee (and someone would probably pick up a Serious Cred) if someone could disprove elements of relativity.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cred in a sentence?

I'd be trading one kind of signaling for another, giving up technical cred in favor of business cred.

What does cred mean?

(originally slang, uncountable) Credibility.

What part of speech is cred?

cred is commonly used as noun.