# credited

Pronunciation: say "KRED-i-tid" US/UK /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/, AUS /ˈkɹed.ɪ.tɪd/

## Verb

1. Past participle of credit. — past participle of credit
   - Simple: Past participle of credit. Use this form after have, has, had, or in sentences where the action is done to something.
   - _The discovery has long been credited to a single overlooked chemist._
   - _Their accounts were credited before the bank closed for the holiday._

## Adjective

2. Officially recognized as the person to whom a work or achievement is attributed.
   - Simple: Named as the person who did or made something.
   - _He remained the credited inventor even after the patent dispute reached court._
   - _The credited director had almost nothing to do with the final edit._

## Origin

From the Latin verb credere, meaning "to trust in".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/credited (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).