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credential

/kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/

credential adjective: pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).

Adjective

credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)

  1. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
    • their credential letters on both sides1625-1629, Abraham Darcie/Darcy and Thomas Browne (translators), The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England (originally by William Camden)

Noun

credential (plural credentials)

  1. (in plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
    • May I see your credentials, please?
    • The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on.
  2. (informal) Evidence of skill or excellence.
    • They deserved their half-time lead and looked fully in control until Brazil made changes at the break and began to show their credentials in attack.2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shutout”, in BBC Sport

Verb

credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle (US) credentialing or (UK) credentialling, simple past and past participle (US) credentialed or (UK) credentialled)

  1. to furnish with credentials
    • School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education, →ISBN, page 138
    • The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, in Herald Sun

credential meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

credential in Tamil

அறிமுக ஆவணம், நம்பிக்கையூட்டுவதற்குரிய ஆதாரச் சான்று, நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய சான்று அளிக்கிற

credential in Bengali

প্রমাণপত্র, যোগ্যতাপত্র

credential in Vietnamese

document of authority
giấy chứng nhận

Examples of credential in a sentence

  • Enter your credentials on the sign-in screen.
  • Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.
  • There is no interest in the ideological credentials of Eurohorror, or European exploitation cinema more generally.

All 40 example sentences with credential

Forms of credential

Adjective
comparativemore credential
superlativemost credential
Noun
pluralcredentials
Verb
third-person singular presentcredentials
present participle UScredentialing
present participle UKcredentialling
past participle UScredentialed
past UScredentialed
past participle UKcredentialled
past UKcredentialled

Origin of credential

From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).

Words formed from credential

Questions about credential

What does credential mean?
Credential means pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
What is credential in Tamil?
Credential in Tamil is அறிமுக ஆவணம், நம்பிக்கையூட்டுவதற்குரிய ஆதாரச் சான்று, நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய சான்று அளிக்கிற. See Credential meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is credential?
Credential can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce credential?
Credential is pronounced /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/.

Words near credential in the dictionary

  1. credenciveness
  2. credenda
  3. credendum
  4. Credenhill
  5. credent
  6. credential
  7. credential inflation
  8. credential stuffing
  9. credentialed
  10. credentialing
  11. credentialise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: credential (page history and authors); credential (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); credential (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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