credo

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈkridoʊ/ UK /ˈkriːdəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a statement of the beliefs or principles that guide one's actions

Honesty above all was the simple credo he lived by.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a statement of the beliefs... creed belief doctrine manifesto principle tenet

Word family

Related forms creed credence credible credit

Etymology

From Latin 'crēdō' ('I believe'), the first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first-person singular of 'crēdere' ('to believe').

crēdō Latin crēdere Latin

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Topics

Communication

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# credo

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkridoʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkriːdəʊ/

## Meanings
1. a statement of the beliefs or principles that guide one's actions

## Examples
- Honesty above all was the simple credo he lived by.

## Synonyms
- creed
- belief
- doctrine
- manifesto
- principle
- tenet

## Related Forms
- creed
- credence
- credible
- credit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: crēdō
- Root: crēdere

## Etymology
From Latin 'crēdō' ('I believe'), the first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first-person singular of 'crēdere' ('to believe').

## AI Etymology
Credo is from Latin 'crēdō' ('I believe'), the first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first-person singular of 'crēdere' ('to believe'). The ancestry passes through Latin crēdō and Latin crēdere. In present use as a noun, it means "a statement of the beliefs or principles that guide one's actions", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include creed, credence, credible, and credit. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in creed, credence, credible, and credit, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Communication

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