accredited

Meaning

accredit

  1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
  2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
  3. (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
  4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
  5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
  6. (transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
  7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
  8. (literally, transitive) To credit.

Frequency

44k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/
Etymology

* accredit + -ed * From the French accréditer. * See credit.

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