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Princeton's WordNet

  1. certificate, certification, credential, credentialsnoun

    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Wiktionary

  1. credentialsnoun

    Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.

Wikipedia

  1. credentials

    A credential is a piece of any document that details a qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party with a relevant or de facto authority or assumed competence to do so. Examples of credentials include academic diplomas, academic degrees, certifications, security clearances, identification documents, badges, passwords, user names, keys, powers of attorney, and so on. Sometimes publications, such as scientific papers or books, may be viewed as similar to credentials by some people, especially if the publication was peer reviewed or made in a well-known journal or reputable publisher.

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  1. credentials

    Credentials are qualifications, experiences, or evidence of authority or competence that make a person suitable or eligible for a particular role, activity, or task. They often come in the form of certificates, degrees, licenses, or other documents obtained from reliable sources or institutions, reflecting an individual's skill, expertise, or knowledge in a specific field or area.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of credentials in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of credentials in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of credentials in a Sentence

  1. Trip Pittman:

    Let’s be frank, Donald Trump would not be president, I don’t believe, without Jeff Sessions … And when Jeff Sessions stood up, Jeff Sessions gave Donald Trump the conservative credentials Jeff Sessions needed to widen Jeff Sessions base to a point where Jeff Sessions could win the presidency.

  2. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

    Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

  3. Josh Earnest:

    I will not call into question the credentials of a physician who conducted a medical examination of Mr. Trump, that must have been a pretty interesting appointment.

  4. Leonardo Monoli:

    Ideally, he would set up a team who is named for its technical credentials, not political reasons.

  5. Martin Indyk:

    He's engaging in very deft diplomacy in which first of all he makes clear that he's in Israel's corner, he's got Netanyahu's back, Israel has a right to defend itself, he establishes his credentials as sympathetic to Israel and supportive of Israel and its right to defend itself so that when it comes time to turn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and say, you know,' It's time to wrap it up,' he has credibility. And when he does that, he'll do it in private.

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