credential
Americannoun
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Usually credentials.
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evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form.
Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
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Digital Technology. information that identifies an account and keeps it secure, as username and password.
The IT department assigns temporary system credentials to new employees.
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anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
verb (used with object)
adjective
noun
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something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
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(plural) a letter or certificate giving evidence of the bearer's identity or competence
adjective
Other Word Forms
- credentialed adjective
- uncredentialed adjective
Etymology
Origin of credential
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English credencial, from Medieval Latin crēdenti(a); credence, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Those credentials include frequent posts on X that project a hard-line image with little room for negotiation.
After Lam’s accomplices purposely used incorrect credentials to access the man’s Google account, the investor got a security alert, Jonathan Stratton, an assistant U.S. attorney, said at Lam’s bail hearing.
From Los Angeles Times
US media including the Times and Fox News, and international news outlets such as AFP and AP, declined to sign the new policy, resulting in the stripping of their Pentagon credentials.
From Barron's
Some also poked fun at the Grammy Award winner for lacking the credentials to play in the Premier League.
From BBC
The organisation also called for the "immediate reinstatement of the credentials of all PPA members".
From BBC
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