certificate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /sə'tɪfɪkɪt/

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• Hyphenation: cer‧tif‧i‧cate

Noun

Singular certificate

Plural certificates

1. (countable) A certificate is a paper that acknowledges something like an award.

   I finally got my certificate of honor from school.

Verb

Plain form certificate

Third-person singular certificates

Past tense certificated

Past participle certificated

Present participle certificating

1. If you certificate a person, you give him a certificate.

Related words

• certify
• certification