accreditation

English

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Etymology

• First attested in 1806.
• accredit +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-krěd'ĭ-tāʹshən, IPA: /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /@%kr\Ed.I"teI.S@n/
• (UK) IPA: [əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən], X-SAMPA: [@%kr\Ed.I"teI.S@n]
• (US) IPA: [əˌkɹɛɾ.ɨˈteɪ.ʃən], [əˌkɹɛɾ.ɨɾˈeɪ.ʃən], X-SAMPA: [@%kr\E4.1"teI.S@n], [@%kr\E4.14"eI.S@n]

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cred‧i‧ta‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

accreditation (countable and uncountable; plural accreditations)

1. The giving of credentials.
2. The act of accrediting.

   letters of accreditation.

3. (education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.

Translations

giving of credentials

• Czech: akreditace (cs)
• French: accréditation (fr)
• German: Beglaubigung (de) f
• Indonesian: akreditasi (id)
• Interlingua: accreditation

• Italian: accreditamento (it)
• Latin: accreditatio (la)
• Polish: akredytacja (pl) f
• Spanish: acreditación (es), homologación (es) f
• Turkish: akreditasyon (tr), tastik (tr), onay (tr)

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Interlingua

Noun

accreditation

1. accreditation