credential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin credentialis (“giving authority”), from credentia (“trust”)

Adjective

credential

1. of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority

Translations

pertaining to authority

Spanish: credencial (es)

Noun

Wikipedia credential (plural credentials)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

   May I see your credentials, please?

Translations

document of authority

Bulgarian: препоръки (bg) pl. Czech: pověření (cs) n. Greek: διαπιστευτήριο (el) (δiapisteftírio) n., πιστοποιητικό (el) (pistopi'itikó) n.

Spanish: credencial (es) f. Vietnamese: giấy chứng nhận (vi)

Verb

credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialling, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)

1. To furnish with credentials.
   • 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education^[1], ISBN 0226336514, page 138:

     School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.

   • 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, Herald Sun:

     The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.

See also

• Credentialing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Credentialing

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