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fides

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This gives people without traditional bona fides a chance to prove themselves, and to get experience.

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Quick take

(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Her Greek equivalent was Pistis.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Her Greek equivalent was Pistis.

noun

(astronomy) 37 Fides, a main belt asteroid.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fides.

noun

(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Her Greek equivalent was Pistis.

noun

(astronomy) 37 Fides, a main belt asteroid.

Example sentences

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This gives people without traditional bona fides a chance to prove themselves, and to get experience.

2

If my scientific bona fides are in question, you should check out my publication record.

3

These people would likely gather in central organisations where they could supervise their charges and collaborate on further publications to prove their bona fides.

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If you have all the bona fides (top-tier law school/clerking opportunities, high-paying specialty, good track record of winning cases) you can command an astronomical hourly rate.

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While Dr Cassel's bona fides are not in doubt, you have to wonder about the level of peer review you get publishing in your own journal.

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Bona fides: This was my area for a while.

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What are the bona fides of the people involved?

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As a BSD user, I think it would be great if you spoke a bit on your site about your bona fides in that community.

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Just to establish bona fides: I ran a Freenix-competitive Usenet server in the mid 90s (we were competitive because we independently co-invented the INN history cache).

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(And in general only supported by anecdotal evidence at best.) The author uses its merely to identify his personal bona-fides to his intended demographic.

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You would think that a scientist who worked in an especially contentious field, with well-funded political enemies and huge amounts of money at stake, would have taken extraordinary measures to establish his bona fides.

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Step one --nobody said step all, but step one --is establishing your bona fides to determine whether it is worth burning cycles on your idea, because proving or disproving cryptography is very hard and very time-consuming.

Quote examples

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I'll go ahead and call Dan a friend, display my "not a shill for YC" bona fides, vouch for Dan as not a toxic person, and go on to criticize him for being so concerned about the appearance of toxicity that he's backing down on an issue he should stand his ground over.

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Start asking friends and acquaintances if they know people who have problems that could be solved well with software development; be forward once you find prospective clients, and, after establishing bona fides (for instance, suggest a 15 minute conversation about their problems and actually provide free advice ), follow up by asking for the sale; you have nothing to lose --- "no" is a perfectly fine answer.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use fides in a sentence?

This gives people without traditional bona fides a chance to prove themselves, and to get experience.

What does fides mean?

(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Her Greek equivalent was Pistis.

What part of speech is fides?

fides is commonly used as noun.