credential
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/
Audio (RP) (file)
Adjective
credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)
- Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). [from 15th c.]
- 1625-1629, Abraham Darcie/Darcy and Thomas Browne (translators), The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England (originally by William Camden)
- their credential letters on both sides
- 1625-1629, Abraham Darcie/Darcy and Thomas Browne (translators), The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England (originally by William Camden)
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.
Derived terms
- credential inflation
- credential stuffing
Translations
document of authority
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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
- 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education, →ISBN, 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”, in Herald Sun:
- The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.
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See also
- Credentialing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- credential on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- interclade, interlaced