Certificate Meaning
/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA document containing a certified statement.
nounA document evidencing ownership or debt.
Sentence Examples
If you have a certificate of immunization, please bring it when you come.
If you have a medical certificate, bring it.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She framed her birth ____ and hung it on the wall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She received a ____ of achievement for completing the computer class.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[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: […]"
— 1560 October 5 (Gregorian calendar), John Sledaine [i.e., Johannes Sleidanus], “The .VJ. Booke”, in Ihon [i.e., John] Daus, transl., A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the State of Religion and Commonwealth, during the Raigne of the Emperour Charles the Fift, […], London: […] Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, →OCLC, folio xciiij, verso:
"[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."
— 1563, “An Homilie of Repentaunce, and of True Reconciliation vnto God”, in [John Jewel?], compiler, The Seconde Tome of Homilies, […], London: […] Richarde Jugge and Iohn Cawood, […], →OCLC, folio 277, recto:
"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; […]"
— 1661, Jo[hn] Stephens, “De Procurationibus [On Procurations]”, in An Historical Discourse, Briefly Setting Forth the Nature of Procurations, […] and Somewhat Also of Synodals and Pentecostals: […], London: […] [F]or the Author, and are to be sold by John Baker […], →OCLC, page 30:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She framed her birth ____ and hung it on the wall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She received a ____ of achievement for completing the computer class.