credential
verb /krəˈdenʃl/
/krəˈdenʃl/
[usually passive] (North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they credential | /krəˈdenʃl/ /krəˈdenʃl/ |
| he / she / it credentials | /krəˈdenʃlz/ /krəˈdenʃlz/ |
| past simple credentialed | /krəˈdenʃld/ /krəˈdenʃld/ |
| past participle credentialed | /krəˈdenʃld/ /krəˈdenʃld/ |
| -ing form credentialing | /krəˈdenʃlɪŋ/ /krəˈdenʃlɪŋ/ |
- be credentialed to be provided with credentials
- Faculty members needed to be properly credentialed in their respective disciplines.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin credentialis, from credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere. The original use was as an adjective in the sense ‘giving credence to, recommending’, frequently in credential letters or papers, hence credentials (mid 17th cent.).