certificate

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English

Etymology

From French certificat.

Pronunciation

  • (UK)
    • (noun): IPA(key): /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    • (verb): IPA(key): /səˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US)
    • (noun):IPA(key): /sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/
    • (verb): IPA(key): /sɚˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪfɪkət, -eɪt
  • Hyphenation: cer‧tif‧i‧cate

Noun

certificate (plural certificates)

  1. A document containing a certified statement.
  2. A document evidencing ownership or debt.
  3. (education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
  4. (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
  5. (computing) Ellipsis of public key certificate.
  6. (British, Ireland) A motion picture age rating.
    The film is certificate 15.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Punjabi: ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ (sarṭīphikeṭ)
  • → Welsh: stifficet

Translations

public key certificate — see public key certificate
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Verb

certificate (third-person singular simple present certificates, present participle certificating, simple past and past participle certificated)

  1. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

Translations

Related terms

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

certificate

  1. inflection of certificare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

certificate f pl

  1. feminine plural of certificato

Spanish

Verb

certificate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of certificar combined with te
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