accredited
Use Accredited in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
2.
provided with official credentials, as by a government: an accredited diplomatic representative.
3.
accepted as authoritative: an accredited theory.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with ): He was accredited with having said it.
2.
to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging: an invention accredited to Edison.
3.
to provide or send with credentials; designate officially: to accredit an envoy.
4.
to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc.
5.
to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction.
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World English Dictionary
accredit (əˈkrɛdɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by at | |
| 1. | to ascribe or attribute |
| 2. | to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize |
| 3. | to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards |
| 4. | a. to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials |
| b. to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc | |
| 5. | (NZ) to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination: there are six accrediting schools in the area |
| [C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to | |
| accredi'tation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
accredit
1610s, from Fr. accréditer, from à "to" + crédit "credit" (see credit). Pp. adj. accredited "furnished with credentials" is from 1630s. Related: Accreditation (1806).
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Example sentences
Baseball's policy allows equal access to all accredited news media members.
Politics is such great sport, even when the participants are accredited scientists.
The museum is the first in the nation accredited to offer a doctorate in its own name.
Accordingly, governments intercepted the correspondence of diplomats accredited to them.
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