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

That continual feedback is meant to prompt focused improvement before the recertification test, which is given every five years. —Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

But with more families on public assistance going back to work, and reimbursement costs rising, the city is expecting a funding cliff that could kick tens of thousands of families off vouchers at their annual recertification. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025

There are several reasons that missing the recertification deadline can be costly. —Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025

This strategic investment comes as USA Surfing looks for National Governing Body (NGB) recertification. —Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 June 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