certificate
certificate Lexical Profile
certificate Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An official document attesting to a specific fact, event, or legal status, such as a birth, marriage, or property ownership.
"You will need to present an original birth certificate when applying for your first passport."
A formal document or credential awarded to verify that a person has successfully completed an educational course, training program, or professional examination.
"She earned a professional teaching certificate after completing her graduate coursework and student teaching."
• verb
To authorize, license, or attest to the qualifications or compliance of a person, product, or aircraft by issuing an official certificate.
"The aviation authority must formally certificate the new aircraft model before it can enter commercial service."
Word Nuance & Usage
Notice the pronunciation difference between parts of speech: as a noun, the final syllable is pronounced with a short, unstressed vowel (/sərˈtɪfɪkət/), whereas as a verb, the final syllable has a long 'a' sound (/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪt/).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 15th century from Middle French 'certificat', from Medieval Latin 'certificatum', the neuter past participle of 'certificare' ('to make certain'), combining Latin 'certus' ('sure') and 'facere' ('to make').