credit with

Frequency: 6.58.9 per million words

to say or believe that someone is responsible for a particular achievement or quality

creditcredit + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • Alexander Graham Bell is widely credited with inventing the telephone.
  • I must credit you with great courage for speaking out.
  • Marie Curie is credited with discovering two elements, polonium and radium.
  • The CEO credited the marketing team with the company's recent success.
  • The artist is often credited with starting the new wave of abstract painting.
  • I wouldn't credit him with much intelligence, given his recent decisions.
  • If the project succeeds, she will be credited with saving the company from bankruptcy.
  • Do you really credit him with the insight to solve such a complex problem?
  • The coach has been credited with completely transforming the team's performance.
  • Historians credit the ancient Romans with developing many of the engineering principles we still use today.