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Webster 1913 Edition

Accreditation

Ac-credˊi-ta′tion

,

Noun.

The act of accrediting;

as, letters of

accreditation

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accreditation

ACCREDITA'TION

,

Noun.

That which gives title to credit. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

accreditation

accreditation

See also: accréditation

English

Noun

accreditation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural accreditations)

The giving of credentials.
The act of accrediting.
letters of accreditation.
(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.

Translations

giving of credentials

Czech: akreditace
French: accréditation (fr)
German: Beglaubigung (de) f
Indonesian: akreditasi (id)
Interlingua: accreditation
Italian: accreditamento (it)

Latin: accreditatio
Polish: akredytacja f
Portuguese: credenciamento m
Romanian: acreditare (ro) f
Russian: аккредита́ция (ru) f ‎(akkreditácija)
Spanish: acreditación (es), homologación (es) f
Turkish: akreditasyon (tr), tastik (tr), onay (tr)

the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort

Maori: whakamanatanga

Interlingua

Noun

accreditation

accreditation