recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

plural recertifications

: the act or process of certifying or being certified again

… a bill that will require the unions to petition for recertification if their membership drops below 50 percent of those eligible to participate.

—Zac Anderson

Examples of recertification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The building received its recertification, and by the Jan. 1 state deadline had filed its required milestone inspection reports and created a reserve fund. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025

The data-sharing tool would also allow borrowers to opt into automatic annual income recertification (rather than manually recertifying their income each year) by giving permission for the IRS to periodically share income data with the department. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Most notably in Wisconsin and Florida, state-level Republicans have required annual recertification elections for unions. —The Editors, National Review, 31 Mar. 2025

Dickson oversaw the agency through COVID and recertification of the Boeing MAX after tragic accidents in 2018 and 2019. —Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recertification

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization

Medical Definition

recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsərt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: the act of having one's certification renewed

recertify

(ˈ)rē-ˈsərt-ə-ˌfī 

verb

recertified; recertifying