certificate
/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.29 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
noun
A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
noun
The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
noun
verb
To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
Example Sentences
- "The film is certificate 15."
- "[W]herfoꝛe, ſeing thei be clere in cõſcience, the cauſe weightie, the cõfutation ouerlong, ⁊ can not be aunſwered, befoꝛe they make certificat home to their cities, they deſyꝛe fyꝛſt therfoꝛe to haue a copie, ſecondarely, that credite be not geuen to this accuſation, before ſuche tyme as their pourgation be heard and examined: […]"
- "[H]e dyd acknowledge his offence, and with earneſt repentaunce dyd flee vnto the mercye of God, takyng ſure holde thervpon, thꝛough ſayth in him whõ he had ſo ſhamefully denyed, his ſynne was foꝛgeuen hym, and foꝛ a certificate and aſſuraunce therof, the rome of his Apoſtle ſhip was not denied vnto him."
- "Again, whereas many other Eccleſiaſticall Livings, ſince the Certificate of their value into the Exchequer about the 26 of H. 8. are improved and made better; […]"
Etymology
The noun is from Middle English certificat, certificate, sertyfycat, from Middle French certificat or its etymon Medieval Latin certificātum. The verb is from the noun. The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin certificātus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: certificat,certificate,sertyfycat, certificat, certificātum
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.
Inflected Forms
certificates (plural)
certificates (present, singular)
certificating (participle, present)
certificated (participle, past)
certificated (past)
more certificate (comparative)
most certificate (superlative)