certificatenoun [ C ]
uk/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/us/sɚˈtɪf.ə.kət/B1 an official document that states that the information on it is true:
a birth/marriage/death certificate
a doctor's/medical certificate
B1 the qualification that you receive when you are successful in an exam:
She has a Certificate in Drama Education.
More examples
- The certificate had clearly been falsified.
- I've been hunting high and low for that certificate and I still can't find it!
- The preparatory certificate is the minimum qualification required to teach English in most language schools.
- Sue failed her exam, so just to rub her nose in it, I put my certificate up on the wall.
- The lawyer stamped the certificate with her seal.
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Qualifications: school & vocational
- A level
- A2
- AS level
- baccalaureate
- certified
- credential
- CSE
- GCE
- GCSE
- GED
- General Equivalency Diploma
- higher
- HND
- HSC
- NVQ
- O level
- Ordinary level
- Vantage
- Waystage
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certificateverb [ T ]
uk/səˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt//sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/UKto provide an official document as proof that something has happened or been done:
She has proposed a series of reforms to the system of reporting and certificating deaths.
A welder who has been certificated to work at a certain level must be brought in to do the repairs.
Synonym
certify
certificated
adjective uk/səˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪ.tɪd//sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
UK
They offer classes taught by certificated teachers.
Synonym
certified
certification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//ˌsɜ˞ː.t̬ə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
He earned certification to fly single-engine aircraft.