credential
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin credentialis (“giving authority”), from credentia (“trust”)
Adjective
credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)
- Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). [from 15th c.]
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- their credential letters on both sides
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Translations
pertaining to authority
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Noun
credential (plural credentials)
- (chiefly in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
- May I see your credentials, please?
- The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on.
Translations
document of authority
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References
credential on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialling, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)
- to furnish with credentials
- 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, in Herald Sun[2]:
- The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.
See also
Credentialing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia