accredit
/ə'kredit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To officially recognize or approve; to grant authority or credentials: To give official authorization or recognition to a person, institution, or program, often after verifying standards have been met.
- To attribute or ascribe something to someone: To credit a person with a particular achievement, action, or statement.
- To send (an ambassador or envoy) with official credentials: To provide an ambassador or diplomatic representative with the formal authority to act on behalf of their government.
Examples of Usage
- Granting official recognition:
- The board will accredit the new medical school next month.
- Only accredited universities can award recognized degrees.
- Attributing an achievement:
- Historians accredit the discovery to an unknown researcher.
- She is accredited with revolutionizing the field.
- Sending with official authority:
- The president will accredit the new ambassador to France.
Advanced Usage
- "To be accredited to": To be officially appointed or assigned to a particular place or role.
- The journalist is accredited to the United Nations headquarters.
- "Accredited status": The official condition of being recognized as meeting certain standards.
- The laboratory maintains its accredited status through annual reviews.
Variants and Related Words
- Accreditation (n): The act of granting official approval or recognition; the status itself.
- The university's accreditation is up for renewal.
- Accredited (adj): Officially recognized or authorized.
- She is an accredited financial advisor.
Synonyms
- Certify: To confirm or attest to meeting a standard.
- Authorize: To give official permission or power.
- Attribute: To regard something as being caused by or belonging to someone.
- Recognize: To acknowledge the validity or existence of something officially.
Related Phrases
- Accredit with: To credit someone with having or doing something.
- He is accredited with great wisdom.
- Accredit to: To officially assign or attribute something to a source.
- The quote is often accredited to Mark Twain.
Verb
- ascribe an achievement to
- She was not properly credited in the program
- provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
- grant credentials to
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree