Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- Usually credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
verb (used with object), cre·den·tialed, cre·den·tial·ing or especially British cre·den·tialled, cre·den·tial·ling.
- to grant credentials to, especially educational and professional ones: She has been credentialed to teach math.
adjective
- providing the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
noun
- something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- (plural) a letter or certificate giving evidence of the bearer’s identity or competence
adjective
- entitling one to confidence, authority, etc
n.“that which entitles to credit,” 1756, probably a back-formation from credentials. Earlier in English as an adjective, “confirming, corroborating” (late 15c.). As a verb, “provide with credentials,” by 1828 (implied in dredentialed).