certified

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪd/ 🇺🇸 /ˈsɜrtəˌfaɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Having been officially confirmed or attested as meeting a particular standard or requirement, typically by a recognized authority or organization.; Guaranteed or verified as genuine, authentic, or accurate by an authorized person or body.; Officially recognized as having a particular qualification or competence in a specified field.; Legally declared to be of unsound mind or mentally incompetent.; Confirmed or guaranteed in writing, especially by a formal document or signature.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'certify': to officially confirm or attest to something as true, accurate, or meeting a standard.; Past tense and past participle of 'certify': to grant a formal qualification or license to someone.; Past tense and past participle of 'certify': to officially declare someone mentally incompetent or insane.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: certifies Past: certified Past part.: certified Pres part.: certifying

Collocations

certified mailcertified public accountantcertified copycertified checkcertified organicboard certified

Derivatives

certificationcertificatecertifiablecertifiablyrecertifydecertifyrecertification

Synonyms

verifiedauthenticatedconfirmedvalidatedattestedendorsed

Antonyms

unverifieduncertified

Commonly confused

certificate
EN: 'Certificate' is the noun (an official document); 'certify' is the verb (the act of officially confirming something).
certifiable
EN: 'Certifiable' means capable of being certified (or informally, insane); 'certified' means already officially confirmed.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'certify' changes 'y' to 'i' before suffixes: 'certified', 'certifies', 'certifying' (but 'certifying' keeps the 'y' before '-ing').

💬 Examples

  1. She is a certified public accountant with over ten years of experience.

  2. The document was accompanied by a certified copy of the original.

  3. Only certified instructors are permitted to teach the advanced diving course.

  4. The certified patient was committed to a psychiatric institution for treatment.

  5. Please submit a certified check as payment for the property deposit.

  6. The laboratory certified that the water sample was free of contaminants.

  7. The board certified her as a specialist in pediatric surgery.

  8. The court certified him as unfit to stand trial due to his mental condition.