noun
Meaning 1
The act of certifying.
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
certification
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌsɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: [ˌsɝ.ɾɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən]
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Australian: /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: S ER2 T AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The granting of a certificate.
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
noun
Meaning 3
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- You do not possess the certifications required for this post.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homologation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
validating the authenticity of something or someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: authentication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: validation, proof, substantiation
noun
Meaning 5
the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enfranchisement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: authorization, authorisation, empowerment
Narrower terms: accreditation
noun
Meaning 6
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: document, written document, papers
Narrower terms: certificate of incorporation, birth certificate, diploma, sheepskin, commission, military commission, bill of health, registration, teaching certificate, teacher's certificate, probate, probate will
noun
Meaning 7
confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: documentation, corroboration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confirmation
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: certificación — act of certifying
- Belarusian: сертыфіка́цыя (sjertyfikácyja) — act of certifying
- Catalan: certificació — act of certifying
- Chinese Mandarin: 認證 /认证 (rènzhèng) — act of certifying
- Czech: certifikace — act of certifying
- Dutch: attestering — act of certifying
- Esperanto: atestado — act of certifying
- Finnish: oikeaksi todistaminen — act of certifying
- Finnish: vahvistus — act of certifying
- Finnish: laillistus — act of certifying
- Finnish: sertifiointi — act of certifying
- French: certification — act of certifying
- French: homologation — act of certifying
- Friulian: certificazion — act of certifying
- Galician: certificación — act of certifying
- German: Zertifizierung — act of certifying
- Hungarian: tanúsítás — act of certifying
- Icelandic: vottun — act of certifying
- Indonesian: pengesahan — act of certifying
- Italian: certificazione — act of certifying
- Japanese: 証明 (shōmei) — act of certifying
- Japanese: 保証 (hoshō) — act of certifying
- Japanese: 認可 (ninka) — act of certifying
- Kazakh: сертификаттау (sertifikattau) — act of certifying
- Korean: 증명 (jeungmyeong) — act of certifying
- Korean: 검정 (geomjeong) — act of certifying
- Korean: 보증 (bojeung) — act of certifying
- Latvian: sertifikācija — act of certifying
- Norwegian Bokmål: sertifisering — act of certifying
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sertifisering — act of certifying
- Polish: certyfikacja — act of certifying
- Portuguese: certificação — act of certifying
- Romanian: certificație — act of certifying
- Russian: сертифика́ция (sertifikácija) — act of certifying
- Spanish: certificación — act of certifying
- Telugu: ద్రువీకరణ (druvīkaraṇa) — act of certifying
- Turkish: sertifikasyon — act of certifying
- Ukrainian: сертифіка́ція (sertyfikácija) — act of certifying
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