English Online Dictionary. What means accreditation? What does accreditation mean?
English
Etymology
First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ə-krěd'ĭ-tāʹshən
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, [əˌkɹɛɾ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən], /əˌkɹɛd.əˈteɪ.ʃən/, [əˌkɹɛɾ.əˈteɪ.ʃən]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˌkɹed.əˈteɪ.ʃən/, [əˌkɹeɾ.əˈtæɪ.ʃən]
- Hyphenation: ac‧cred‧i‧ta‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
accreditation (countable and uncountable, plural accreditations)
- The giving of credentials.
- The act of accrediting.
- (education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
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- actinoceratid
Interlingua
Noun
accreditation
- accreditation