Meanings
plural accreditations
- countableuncountableThe giving of credentials.
- countableuncountableThe act of accrediting.
letters of accreditation
1 more example
Remus Chen, head of Taiwan's Foreign Ministry's Department of European Affairs, told reporters that the new Lithuanian representative Paulius Lukauskas had arrived in Taipei earlier this month, and on Monday had formally applied for his accreditation.
2022 September 13, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says new Lithuanian office in Taipei begins operations”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2022, Asia Pacific - countableuncountableeducationThe granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِعْتِماد, اِعْتِماد
- اِعْتِماد (iʕtimād)giving of credentials
- اِعْتِماد (iʕtimād)the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
Bulgarian акредита́ция
- акредита́ция (akreditácija)giving of credentials
Catalan acreditació
- acreditaciógiving of credentials
Chinese Mandarin 認證 /认证
- 認證 /认证 (rènzhèng)giving of credentials
Czech akreditace
- akreditacegiving of credentials
Dutch accreditatie
- accreditatiegiving of credentials
Finnish akkreditointi, akkreditointi
- akkreditointigiving of credentials
- akkreditointithe granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
French accréditation
- accréditationgiving of credentials
German Beglaubigung, Akkreditierung
- Beglaubigunggiving of credentials
- Akkreditierunggiving of credentials
Hungarian akkreditálás, akkreditáció
- akkreditálásgiving of credentials
- akkreditációgiving of credentials
Indonesian akreditasi
- akreditasigiving of credentials
Italian accreditamento
- accreditamentogiving of credentials
Japanese 認定
- 認定 (nintei)giving of credentials
Korean 인정
- 인정 (injeong)giving of credentials
Latin accreditatio
- accreditatiogiving of credentials
Malay akreditasi, pentauliahan
- akreditasigiving of credentials
- pentauliahangiving of credentials
Māori whakamanatanga
- whakamanatangathe granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
Persian اعتباربخشی
- اعتباربخشی (e'tebârbaxši)giving of credentials
Polish akredytacja, akredytacja
- akredytacjagiving of credentials
- akredytacjathe granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort
Portuguese credenciamento
- credenciamentogiving of credentials
Romanian acreditare
- acreditaregiving of credentials
Russian аккредита́ция
- аккредита́ция (akkreditácija)giving of credentials
Slovak akreditácia
- akreditáciagiving of credentials
Spanish acreditación, homologación
- acreditacióngiving of credentials
- homologacióngiving of credentials
Swedish ackreditering
- ackrediteringgiving of credentials
Turkish akreditasyon, tastik
- akreditasyongiving of credentials
- tastikgiving of credentials
- onaygiving of credentials
Ukrainian акредита́ція
- акредита́ція (akredytácija)giving of credentials
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with accreditation
Anagrams
Cite this entry
accreditation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditation
“accreditation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accreditation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditation.
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