certificate
IPA: sɝtˈɪfɪkʌt
noun
- A document containing a certified statement.
- A document evidencing ownership or debt.
- (education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
- (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
- (Britain, Ireland) A motion picture age rating.
- (computing) Ellipsis of public key certificate. [(computing) A certificate that uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity — used to verify that a public key belongs to an individual.]
verb
- To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
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Examples of "certificate" in Sentences
- The Certificate is valid throughout the country.
- Like myself, the certificate is consigned to the bin.
- All of the men on the certificate are described as yeomen.
- At the end of the course the students are given a certificate.
- Recipients of this award will receive a certificate and honorarium.
- The Ministry of Education decides on the design of the certificate.