Incredible Meaning
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjToo implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
adjAmazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
Sentence Examples
At this hour, there is incredible traffic.
What an incredible amount of work he has done!
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The magician performed an ____ trick that amazed the entire audience in the hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speed with which the young boy solved the complex math problem was truly ____ to behold.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible."
— 1955, A. W. Schorger, The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction, →ISBN, page vii:
"The other may be that they sincerely believed it to be true, demonstrating an almost incredible lack of communication between themselves and their working engineers."
— 1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:
"He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion."
— 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 796:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The magician performed an ____ trick that amazed the entire audience in the hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speed with which the young boy solved the complex math problem was truly ____ to behold.