--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 87 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 87 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Belief or trust that something is true.[↗](../../credence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") «Give credence to» means believe it.[↗](../../credence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nobody gave credence to his wild story.[↗](../../credence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave credence to the messenger's words.[↗](../../credence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her warnings found no credence with the villagers.[↗](../../credence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **credentials** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Qualifications, training and experience that show someone is suitable or trustworthy for a job or role: «Her credentials as a doctor are excellent».[↗](../../credentials/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Documents that prove who you are or what you are allowed to do, like an ID badge or press pass: «The guard checked his credentials».[↗](../../credentials/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) Your username and password used to log in: «Never share your login credentials».[↗](../../credentials/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never share your login credentials with anyone online.[↗](../../credentials/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer showed her credentials before coming in.[↗](../../credentials/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new coach has great credentials: he played for England.[↗](../../credentials/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company boasts about its green credentials.[↗](../../credentials/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the author's credentials before you trust a website.[↗](../../credentials/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reporters wear their press credentials around their necks.[↗](../../credentials/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A scam email may ask for your credentials, so don't reply.[↗](../../credentials/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **credibility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Credibility is the quality of being believed and trusted.[↗](../../credibility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The website had no author or date, so its credibility was low.[↗](../../credibility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After lying twice, he lost all credibility.[↗](../../credibility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist's careful work gave her great credibility.[↗](../../credibility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spelling mistakes can hurt the credibility of a letter.[↗](../../credibility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The witness's credibility was questioned in court.[↗](../../credibility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the credibility of a source before you use it in your project.[↗](../../credibility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **credible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Credible means believable, able to be trusted as true.[↗](../../credible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A credible person, plan or threat is serious and likely to be real or to succeed.[↗](../../credible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scientist gave a credible explanation for the strange lights.[↗](../../credible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that website a credible source?[↗](../../credible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His excuse about the dog eating his homework was not very credible.[↗](../../credible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team made a credible effort to win.[↗](../../credible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Police said the threat was credible and closed the road.[↗](../../credible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Make your characters credible so the reader believes in them.[↗](../../credible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **credit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Credit is praise or recognition for something good you have done.[↗](../../credit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Credit is a way of buying something now and paying for it later.[↗](../../credit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Credit is money in an account or on a phone or card.[↗](../../credit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The credits are the list of names at the end of a film or show.[↗](../../credit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To credit means to believe, or to say someone did something good.[↗](../../credit/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She deserves credit for her hard work.[↗](../../credit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't take credit for someone else's idea.[↗](../../credit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum paid with a credit card.[↗](../../credit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have 5 pounds of credit on my phone.[↗](../../credit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed to watch the credits at the end of the film.[↗](../../credit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's to his credit that he told the truth.[↗](../../credit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Buying on credit means you borrow money and must pay it back, often with extra.[↗](../../credit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dishonest get no credit, even if they act honestly.[↗](../../credit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **creditable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Creditable means deserving praise, good enough to be respected, though often not the very best.[↗](../../creditable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money, rare) Able to be added to an account as credit.[↗](../../creditable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team finished a creditable third in the league.[↗](../../creditable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a creditable performance in her first concert.[↗](../../creditable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting 70 per cent in a hard test is a creditable result.[↗](../../creditable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Helping the new pupil was a creditable thing to do.[↗](../../creditable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The small school made a creditable effort against the champions.[↗](../../creditable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His creditable behaviour earned him a merit certificate.[↗](../../creditable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **creditor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or firm to whom money is owed, who is waiting to be paid back.[↗](../../creditor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The creditor asked for his money.[↗](../../creditor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper was a creditor of the farmer.[↗](../../creditor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every creditor wanted to be paid that day.[↗](../../creditor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.[↗](../../creditor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creditor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother; because the LORD'S release hath been proclaimed.[↗](../../creditor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creditor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you?[↗](../../creditor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.50.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creditor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.[↗](../../creditor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creditor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **creditworthiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) Creditworthiness is how safe a bank or shop thinks it is to lend money to a person or company, based on whether they usually pay back what they owe.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bank checked Dad's creditworthiness before giving the mortgage.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Paying bills on time improves your creditworthiness.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A company's creditworthiness affects how much it can borrow.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Missing loan payments harmed her creditworthiness.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lenders use a credit score to judge creditworthiness.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Good creditworthiness can mean lower interest on a loan.[↗](../../creditworthiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **creditworthy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) A creditworthy person or company is thought safe to lend money to, because they are likely to pay it back.[↗](../../creditworthy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bank decided the family was creditworthy and gave them a loan.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You become creditworthy by paying debts on time.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shops only offer «buy now, pay later» to creditworthy customers.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company was no longer creditworthy after it lost money.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being creditworthy helps adults rent a flat.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lenders check whether a business is creditworthy.[↗](../../creditworthy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cree** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Cree are a group of First Nations (Indigenous) peoples of Canada, and some live in the northern United States.[↗](../../cree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cree is the language, or group of related languages, spoken by Cree people.[↗](../../cree/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is a name of a people, written with a capital C.[↗](../../cree/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Cree are one of the largest First Nations in Canada.[↗](../../cree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My classmate's grandmother speaks Cree.[↗](../../cree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cree is written with special symbols called syllabics.[↗](../../cree/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Cree families live in northern Canada.[↗](../../cree/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned some Cree words for animals.[↗](../../cree/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cree storytellers pass on stories from elders to children.[↗](../../cree/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **creed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A creed is a short statement of the main things a religion believes, said together in a service; the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are said in many churches.[↗](../../creed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A creed is any set of beliefs or principles someone lives by.[↗](../../creed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We said the Apostles' Creed at the start of assembly.[↗](../../creed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Creed begins "I believe in God".[↗](../../creed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our club welcomes people of every race and creed.[↗](../../creed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness to animals is her creed.[↗](../../creed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The congregation stood for the Creed.[↗](../../creed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nicene Creed is said in many churches.[↗](../../creed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This belief is not peculiar to the Slavonians but it is one of the characteristic features of their spiritual creed.[↗](../../creed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **creek** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A creek is a small stream or narrow river.[↗](../../creek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A creek is a narrow inlet where the sea or a river comes into the land.[↗](../../creek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (idiom, slang) Up the creek means in trouble.[↗](../../creek/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We caught tadpoles in the creek behind the house.[↗](../../creek/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The creek dries up in summer.[↗](../../creek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Australia)[↗](../../creek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Boats were moored in the creek at high tide.[↗](../../creek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../creek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cross the creek after heavy rain.[↗](../../creek/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If we miss this bus, we're up the creek\![↗](../../creek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../creek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The creek joins the big river near town.[↗](../../creek/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Clapping together their little hands, they chased one another along the edge of the creek.[↗](../../creek/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **creel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A wicker basket, often for carrying fish, or one carried on the back.[↗](../../creel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fisherman put the fish in his creel.[↗](../../creel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The brother climbed into the creel.[↗](../../creel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He carried the creel on his back up the hill.[↗](../../creel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **creep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To creep means to move slowly and quietly so no one notices you.[↗](../../creep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To creep means to move slowly along the ground, like an insect or a plant growing up a wall.[↗](../../creep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something creeps in when it slowly appears, like a mistake.[↗](../../creep/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A creep is an unpleasant person, especially one who makes others feel uneasy.[↗](../../creep/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The creeps is a feeling of fear or disgust.[↗](../../creep/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat crept towards the bird.[↗](../../creep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We crept downstairs so we wouldn't wake the baby.[↗](../../creep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ivy crept up the old wall.[↗](../../creep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A spider crept across the floor.[↗](../../creep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mistakes can creep into your work if you rush.[↗](../../creep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That dark house gives me the creeps.[↗](../../creep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He crept up behind me and said boo\![↗](../../creep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Long shadows came creeping over the ground.[↗](../../creep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.[↗](../../creep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.'[↗](../../creep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And it was so.[↗](../../creep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.[↗](../../creep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.[↗](../../creep/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.[↗](../../creep/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../creep/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **creeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plant that grows along the ground or climbs up walls, fences and trees, such as ivy.[↗](../../creeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small bird that creeps up tree trunks looking for insects (a treecreeper).[↗](../../creeper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A person who behaves in a creepy way, for example by watching people secretly.[↗](../../creeper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old-fashioned, plural) Soft shoes or a baby's one-piece suit (US, «creepers»).[↗](../../creeper/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ivy is a creeper that climbs up walls.[↗](../../creeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house was covered in green creepers.[↗](../../creeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Monkeys swung on the creepers in the jungle.[↗](../../creeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A treecreeper ran up the oak trunk.[↗](../../creeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The creeper had tiny tendrils that gripped the fence.[↗](../../creeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't be a creeper and read my diary!» said my sister.[↗](../../creeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the evening he went as usual to the creeper-covered house.[↗](../../creeper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **creepy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strange and frightening in a way that makes you uneasy (a creepy house).[↗](../../creepy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a person) Making you feel uncomfortable or unsafe because of how they act.[↗](../../creepy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Crawling, like insects (creepy-crawlies).[↗](../../creepy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old house looked creepy in the dark.[↗](../../creepy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That creepy noise is just the wind.[↗](../../creepy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if someone online is creepy.[↗](../../creepy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found creepy-crawlies under the log.[↗](../../creepy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was a bit too creepy for my brother.[↗](../../creepy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His smile was kind of creepy.[↗](../../creepy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · What he saw was creepier than creepy, and surpassed all he had ever dreamt of.[↗](../../creepy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cremate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To burn the body of a person who has died, until only ashes are left, as a way of saying goodbye instead of burying them.[↗](../../cremate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, joking) To burn food very badly: «You've cremated the toast!».[↗](../../cremate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa was cremated, and we scattered his ashes by the sea.[↗](../../cremate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some families choose to bury, and some to cremate.[↗](../../cremate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hindus usually cremate their dead.[↗](../../cremate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her ashes are in a small box after she was cremated.[↗](../../cremate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad cremated the sausages on the barbecue\![↗](../../cremate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The funeral was followed by a short service at the crematorium.[↗](../../cremate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cremation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cremation is burning a dead person's body to ashes, as a respectful way of saying goodbye instead of burying it.[↗](../../cremation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cremation is the ceremony or event when this happens, often at a crematorium after a funeral service.[↗](../../cremation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa wanted a cremation, so his ashes are by the sea.[↗](../../cremation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cremation took place at the crematorium after the church service.[↗](../../cremation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We scattered Nan's ashes in her favourite garden.[↗](../../cremation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Hinduism, cremation is the usual custom.[↗](../../cremation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family talked gently about whether to choose burial or cremation.[↗](../../cremation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the cremation, people shared stories over tea.[↗](../../cremation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But it is not certain that burial by cremation was universally practised by the heathen Slavonians.[↗](../../cremation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crematorium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crematorium is a building where the body of a person who has died is burned to ashes, often with a funeral service in a small chapel there.[↗](../../crematorium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (euphemism, family) «Going to the crematorium» is a gentle way adults speak of attending a cremation service for someone who has died.[↗](../../crematorium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad's funeral service was held at the crematorium.[↗](../../crematorium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat quietly in the crematorium chapel.[↗](../../crematorium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the crematorium, everyone went back to Auntie's house.[↗](../../crematorium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ashes were collected from the crematorium a week later.[↗](../../crematorium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crematorium had a peaceful garden with roses.[↗](../../crematorium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people choose burial, and others choose cremation at a crematorium.[↗](../../crematorium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **creole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A language that grew from a mix of two or more languages and became the first language of a group of people, such as Haitian Creole or Jamaican Patois.[↗](../../creole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person of mixed European and African or local descent in the Caribbean or Louisiana.[↗](../../creole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Creole cooking: spicy food from Louisiana in the USA, with rice, peppers and seafood.[↗](../../creole/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Haitian Creole is spoken by millions of people.[↗](../../creole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A creole is a real language with its own rules.[↗](../../creole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole.[↗](../../creole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate Creole jambalaya in New Orleans.[↗](../../creole/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many creoles grew up in the Caribbean.[↗](../../creole/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tok Pisin, a creole, is spoken in Papua New Guinea.[↗](../../creole/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/86/) **87** [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/88/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/86/) - next →: [page 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/88/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)