noun
Meaning 1
The giving of credentials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
accreditation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ə-krěd'ĭ-tāʹshən
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: [əˌkɹɛɾ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən]
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Canada, General-American: /əˌkɹɛd.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: [əˌkɹɛɾ.əˈteɪ.ʃən]
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Australian: /əˌkɹed.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Australian: [əˌkɹeɾ.əˈtæɪ.ʃən]
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 K R EH2 D AH0 T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of accrediting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- letters of accreditation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: certification, enfranchisement
History
Etymology
First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِعْتِماد (iʕtimād) — giving of credentials
- Belarusian: акрэдыта́цыя (akredytácyja) — giving of credentials
- Bulgarian: акредита́ция (akreditácija) — giving of credentials
- Catalan: acreditació — giving of credentials
- Chinese Mandarin: 認證 /认证 (rènzhèng) — giving of credentials
- Czech: akreditace — giving of credentials
- Dutch: accreditatie — giving of credentials
- Finnish: akkreditointi — giving of credentials
- French: accréditation — giving of credentials
- German: Beglaubigung — giving of credentials
- German: Akkreditierung — giving of credentials
- Hungarian: akkreditálás — giving of credentials
- Hungarian: akkreditáció — giving of credentials
- Indonesian: akreditasi — giving of credentials
- Interlingua: accreditation — giving of credentials
- Italian: accreditamento — giving of credentials
- Japanese: 認定 (nintei) — giving of credentials
- Kazakh: аккредиттеу (akkreditteu) — giving of credentials
- Korean: 인정 (injeong) — giving of credentials
- Latin: accreditatio — giving of credentials
- Malay: akreditasi — giving of credentials
- Malay: pentauliahan — giving of credentials
- Persian: اعتباربخشی (e'tebârbaxši) — giving of credentials
- Polish: akredytacja — giving of credentials
- Portuguese: credenciamento — giving of credentials
- Romanian: acreditare — giving of credentials
- Russian: аккредита́ция (akkreditácija) — giving of credentials
- Slovak: akreditácia — giving of credentials
- Spanish: acreditación — giving of credentials
- Spanish: homologación — giving of credentials
- Swedish: ackreditering — giving of credentials
- Turkish: akreditasyon — giving of credentials
- Turkish: tastik — giving of credentials
- Turkish: onay — giving of credentials
- Ukrainian: акредита́ція (akredytácija) — giving of credentials
- Arabic: اِعْتِمادٌ (iʕtimādun) — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Māori: whakamanatanga — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Polish: akredytacja — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Serbo-Croatian: акредитација — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Serbo-Croatian: пу̏номо̄ћ — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Serbo-Croatian: akreditacija — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
- Serbo-Croatian: pȕnomōć — the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
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