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    ac·cred·i·ta·tion
    /əˌkredəˈtāSHən/

    noun

    • 1. the action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity: "the accreditation of professionals"
    • 2. an acknowledgment of a person's responsibility for or achievement of something: "both parties create authorship, and to make this clear I have always used joint accreditations"

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  2. : to recognize (an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions or for professional practice. 2. : to consider or recognize as outstanding. an accredited scientist. 3. : attribute, credit. an invention accredited to the company's founder. accreditable.

  3. ACCREDITATION definition: 1. the fact of being officially recognized, accepted, or approved of, or the act of officially…. Learn more.

  4. the fact of being officially recognized, accepted, or approved of, or the act of officially recognizing, accepting, or approving of something: The college was given full accreditation in 1965. The committee has established new procedures for the accreditation of degrees. See. accredit. Fewer examples.

  5. Accreditation definition: the act of giving official authority or approval, or the resulting status; certification. See examples of ACCREDITATION used in a sentence.

  6. Accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition, especially to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards. Accreditation is necessary to any person or institution in education that needs to prove that they meet a general standard of quality.

  7. Define accreditation. accreditation synonyms, accreditation pronunciation, accreditation translation, English dictionary definition of accreditation. n. The act of accrediting or the state of being accredited, especially the granting of approval to an institution of learning by an official review board...

  8. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. accreditation has developed meanings and uses in subjects including politics (1800s) education (1900s)

  9. accreditation. noun. /əˌkrɛdəˈteɪʃn/ [uncountable] official approval given by an organization stating that someone or something has achieved a required standard a letter of accreditation an accreditation process The school lost its accreditation after years of poor test results. Take your English to the next level.

  10. ACCREDITATION definition: 1. official approval of an organization 2. officially approved. Learn more.

  11. Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection and ...