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accreditation

noun
/əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/CA/əˌkɹed.əˈteɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation.

  1. derived from accréditer
  2. suffixed as accreditation — “accredit + ation”

Definitions

  1. The giving of credentials.

  2. The act of accrediting.

    • letters of accreditation

  3. The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board…

    The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for accreditation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA