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noun

plural of certificate
as in certifications
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something a certificate will be awarded to each person who completes the course in lifesaving

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verb

present tense third-person singular of certificate
as in certifies

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Recent Examples of certificates
Noun
The minister presented al-Shahat and his wife with certificates of appreciation, and awarded them a trip to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah pilgrimage in recognition of his honesty and responsible conduct for not keeping the discovery to himself. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Oeko-Tex also says a quarter of its certificates are retested through its quality control program. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Traders bought and sold the paper certificates representing oil, often trading the same barrels many times in a single day. — Brian C. Black, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 In his home village, two hours’ drive south of Vinnytsia, the family has turned his former room into a shrine, with pictures, certificates, and medals. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 The process for officially revoking certificates is slow and cumbersome, so browser makers have devised quicker methods to block specific certificates at the browser level. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026 Decades of digital transformation have distributed certificates, keys, encryption libraries, machine identities, APIs, connected devices and cloud workloads across business units and environments. — Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 That access has expanded over the years with the CSU offering both a minor and certificates in quantum technology, and providing research opportunities like the quantum lab. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificates
  1. certifications
  2. certifies
  3. documents
  4. permits
  5. charters
  6. ratifies
  7. accredits
  8. validates
Noun
  • To prepare for a scuba diver’s worst nightmare, Abrams earned the necessary certifications.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Boards and associations, such as the American Nurses Association, can issue certifications, as can private firms like Google.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of certifications
Verb
  • That’s the regulatory body that certifies law enforcement officers in the state.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • If the judge certifies the extradition on any or all of the charges, the Tate brothers' legal team can challenge it by asking for judicial review and seeking a stay of extradition.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of certifies
Noun
  • This collects about 8,000 original documents and other elements linked to the house’s perfume and beauty archives, totaling about 5 percent of its full collection.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the university; the fraternity, Chi Phi; her sorority, Tri Delta; and seven former Chi Phi members last month.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of documents
Verb
  • According to police, nobody had sought permission for the Mumbai event, and Azad Maidan is the sole venue where the Bombay High Court permits protests in the city.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The policy permits athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women’s teams under specified conditions.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of permits
Verb
  • The industry now builds the rooms, charters the shuttles, and saves the yacht seats.
    — Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers.
    — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of charters
Verb
  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies
Verb
  • The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which accredits Shedd, said there were no plans to require incident reports for the belugas, as their deaths were due to preexisting medical conditions.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • From now on, the agency that accredits nearly every university in the state will be known as The Commission on Colleges and Universities.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of accredits
Verb
  • This is even more exciting considering that this research validates teaming the JWST with radio telescopes to detect and track FRBs back to their points of origin.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But many of the results have already been verified in Lean—a programming language that validates a proof’s logic—and are therefore all but certain to be correct.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of validates

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