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# credence

«credence» in Mova's school dictionary: **true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Belief or trust that something is true. «Give credence to» means believe it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credence/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, whether someone is believed; a warning that is ignored «finds no credence» means nobody believes it

### examples

- Nobody gave credence to his wild story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credence/#x1)
- The king gave credence to the messenger's words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credence/#x2)
- Her warnings found no credence with the villagers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «credence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.