Credit
Credit verb - To regard as right or true.
Usage example: I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves
Understand and credit are semantically related in creed topic. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Credit".
Understand
Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Credit and understand are semantically related in creed topic. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a verb "Understand".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He certainly is competent at what he does, but also seems to understand more about high society and art than Griboyedov tends to give him credit for (although he has his doubts towards the end).
- Of course, it turns out that the remaining Love Interest (thanks to personal experience) can understand what the heroine is going through far more than she or the audience ever gave him credit for.
Source: Betty and Veronica Switch - Or to understand that someone might have bad credit/a bad rental history and still be a good tenant or a good worker who just needs someone to give them a chance to prove themselves.
Source: Useful Notes / Transgender
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