credence

credibilidad, crédito

Confianza en que una afirmación o una idea es verdadera.

En inglés sencillo: Belief that a claim or idea is true.

• Few people gave the story credence.
• The photographs lent credence to his account.
• Does this theory deserve any credence?

Cómo se usa: give credence to something (I give little credence to those rumours.); lend credence to something (The new evidence lends credence to her claim.)

Sinónimos: belief, trust

Antónimos: disbelief

Expresiones frecuentes: give credence to, lend credence to, gain credence

credencia

Mesa pequeña de una iglesia donde se colocan objetos usados durante una ceremonia religiosa.

En inglés sencillo: A small table in a church for holding things used during a religious service.

• The chalice stood on the credence.
• She covered the credence with white linen.
• The priest took a vessel from the credence beside the altar.

Sinónimos: credence table

Expresiones frecuentes: credence table, altar credence

aparador, credencia

Armario o mesa con estantes donde se muestran vajillas y recipientes para beber de gran valor.

En inglés sencillo: A cupboard or table with shelves for displaying valuable dishes and drinking vessels.

• Silver cups filled the credence.
• An oak credence stood against the dining room wall.
• The antique credence displayed the family’s finest plates.

Sinónimos: sideboard, cabinet, credenza

Expresiones frecuentes: carved credence, oak credence

grado de creencia, probabilidad subjetiva

Número que expresa cuánto cree una persona que una afirmación puede ser verdadera.

En inglés sencillo: A number expressing how likely someone thinks a statement is to be true.

• My credence in that claim is low.
• She assigned a credence of 0.7 to the hypothesis.
• New evidence changed their credences in several competing theories.

Cómo se usa: credence in something (Her credence in the claim rose to eighty percent.)

Sinónimos: subjective probability, degree of belief

Expresiones frecuentes: credence in something, assign a credence