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incredible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incr?dibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + cr?dibilis (“worthy of belief”), from cr?d? (“believe”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?ngkr?'d?b?l, IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/, [????k??????b??], [????k??????b??]
- (UK) IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?b?l
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- (literally) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 796:
- 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.
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- (figuratively) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- (figuratively) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
Synonyms
- unbelievable
Antonyms
- credible
Related terms
Translations
incredible From the web:
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exceptional
English
Etymology
exception +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?p??n?l/
- Hyphenation: ex?cep?tion?al
Adjective
exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- What an exceptional flower!
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excellent
- egregious (most often used negatively, however)
Antonyms
- (forming an exception): ordinary, categorical, common, general, usual
- (superior due to exception or rarity): ordinary, mediocre, commonplace
Derived terms
- exceptional space
- exceptionally
- exceptionalism
Translations
Noun
exceptional (plural exceptionals)
- An exception, or something having an exceptional value
- 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)
- Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.
- 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)
exceptional From the web:
- what exceptional mean
- what exceptional leaders know
- what exceptional customer service means
- what exceptional delegation
- what exceptionality is adhd
- what does exceptional mean
- what do exceptional mean
- what does it mean when someone is exceptional
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