accredit
Americanverb (used with object)
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to provide or send with credentials; designate officially.
to accredit an envoy.
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to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc.
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to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction.
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to regard as true; believe.
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to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed bywith ).
He was accredited with having said it.
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to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging.
an invention accredited to Edison.
verb
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to ascribe or attribute
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to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize
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to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards
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to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
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to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc
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to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination
there are six accrediting schools in the area
Other Word Forms
- accreditable adjective
- accreditation noun
- preaccredit verb (used with object)
- reaccredit verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of accredit
First recorded in 1610–20; earlier acredit, from Middle French acrediter; ac-, credit
Example Sentences
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More than 30 staff members signed up for accredited training sessions on administering the new products later this year.
Private equity, venture capital, private credit, private infrastructure and real-assets funds are being packaged into investment products marketed to accredited individuals, financial advisers and retail investors.
From MarketWatch
It is also the country's only accredited museum with more than 16,000 objects exploring the heritage of peace.
From BBC
Brian Page is an accredited financial counselor, certified financial therapist candidate and founder of Modern Husbands.
From MarketWatch
Yan, reportedly a successful venture capitalist who brought her daughter up single-handledly, is accredited at the Games and is the first person Gu celebrates her successes with.
From BBC
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