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CREDENTIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
Synonyms:
certificate; certification; credential; credentials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("credential" is a kind of...):
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credential"):
certificate of incorporation (state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation)
birth certificate (a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth)
diploma; sheepskin (a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study)
commission; military commission (an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces)
bill of health (a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival))
registration (a document certifying an act of registering)
teacher's certificate; teaching certificate (a certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools)
probate; probate will (a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb credential
Context examples:
The full moon of March 9 may also bring a test to prove your credentials, such as the bar exam or any of the entrance exams for graduate school.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is to be observed, that these ambassadors spoke to me, by an interpreter, the languages of both empires differing as much from each other as any two in Europe, and each nation priding itself upon the antiquity, beauty, and energy of their own tongue, with an avowed contempt for that of their neighbour; yet our emperor, standing upon the advantage he had got by the seizure of their fleet, obliged them to deliver their credentials, and make their speech, in the Lilliputian tongue.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
As a Capricorn, career progress is always important to you, and last month, when Mars first entered your sector of honors, awards, and achievements on October 3, you found it easier than usual to get your foot into the office of a top VIP to present your credentials for a new position.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
