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Definition of certificate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

certificate

verb
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪt/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪt/
(British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they certificate
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪt/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪt/
he / she / it certificates
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪts/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪts/
past simple certificated
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪd/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle certificated
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪd/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form certificating
 
/səˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪŋ/
 
/sərˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. certificate somebody (to do something) to give somebody an official document proving that they have successfully completed a training course, especially for a particular professionTopics Successb2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘certification’): from French certificat or medieval Latin certificatum, from certificare, from Latin certus ‘certain’.
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adverb
 
 
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