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credential
[kri-den-shuhl]
noun
Usually credentials.
evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form.
Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
Digital Technology.information that identifies an account and keeps it secure, as username and password.
The IT department assigns temporary system credentials to new employees.
anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
verb (used with object)
to grant credentials to, especially educational and professional ones.
She has been credentialed to teach math.
adjective
providing the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
credential
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
(plural) a letter or certificate giving evidence of the bearer's identity or competence
adjective
entitling one to confidence, authority, etc
Other Word Forms
- uncredentialed adjective
- ˈԳپ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of credential1
Word History and Origins
Origin of credential1
Example Sentences
Two-time US Open champion Brooks Koepka has shown glimpses of his impressive major-winning credentials but was scrappy in a round of 74 to drop to two over par.
Sensing a confrontation, Márquez said, he raised his press credential and “kept yelling press, press, press,” even as he turned and began running in the opposite direction.
With such thoroughbred sporting credentials, Tyler is currently proving a big golf hit at Florida State University.
Police also found modified DEA credentials, meant to make it appear that Young was still a federal law enforcement officer, records show.
Destynee Bolton, a childcare organizer for SPACEs in Action, told Salon that they also wanted to make sure that the funding included increases and adjustments to account for inflation and program educators’ growth in credentials.
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