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noun

(ˌ)sər-ˈti-fi-kət How to pronounce certificate (audio)
Definition of certificatenext
as in certification
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something a certificate will be awarded to each person who completes the course in lifesaving

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verb

as in to certify

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Recent Examples of certificate
Noun
The food manager certificate was not available at the time of the inspection. — Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Google will offer its Grow With Google AI Professional certificate to almost 20,000 small-business owners and employees, with three months of free access to Google AI Pro. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
As opposed to state funding being tied to enrollment numbers, those resources were instead attached to how many students got degrees and certificate completions. — Ashley Soebroto, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026 For Google, the challenge is that HTTPS certificates for browsing need to be bigger to secure them against quantum computers. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for certificate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificate
  1. certification
  2. certify
  3. charter
  4. permit
  5. ratify
  6. accredit
  7. validate
  8. sanction
Noun
  • Blocking certification, the groups argue, would disenfranchise Alaskans by denying them representation and injecting chaos into the election outcome.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Engineers will first evaluate the R1-S on the ground before mounting it to a spacecraft for flight certification.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of certification
Verb
  • Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Alex Gibert said Friday that Foster remained certified as a police officer.
    — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The winner is expected to be known and certified in under five hours.
    — Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of certify
Verb
  • Jettly Jettly was designed to simplify the act of chartering a private plane.
    — Debra Kamin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The obvious solution to this traveling conundrum was to charter a yacht, duh.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of charter
Verb
  • The ordinance permits Highfill to apply excess bond proceeds to retire debt early if construction costs come in below projections, and the city holds the option to call and prepay bonds without penalty starting June 1, 2033.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Helner admires Ben-Gvir’s push to expand civilian gun ownership, permit Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, and introduce the death penalty for terrorists.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of permit
Verb
  • The report also warned that failure to ratify the contract would stop rehabilitation work, leaving the neighborhood vulnerable to further deterioration.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • A day before the convention was signed, 19 nongovernmental organizations released a joint statement urging nations to not sign or ratify the treaty.
    — Mary Lind, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ratify
Verb
  • However, a 2024 survey of 384 facilities accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer found that only 1 in 5 programs estimated that most of their eligible patients receive survivorship care.
    — Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Auburn’s trustees are asserting that their authority supersedes not only faculty expertise, but professional norms, disciplinary standards, and even accrediting bodies.
    — Beth Davis Sramek, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of accredit
Verb
  • Moderna and Merck still need to validate the approach in other cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The demonstration was part of a series of tests intended to validate the procedures, networks, and interfaces required to operate the Stingray from a carrier.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of validate
Verb
  • The startup incubation program MiraclePlus, which was sanctioned along with Zhisuan, gave seed capital in exchange for an ownership stake in Zhisuan, the State Department said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Even to the point of being fined and sanctioned by the European Union courts for refusing to open their gates to unchecked immigration, in Hungary’s case under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, while Poland faced sanctions in 2025.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sanction

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“Certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certificate. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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