MEANING
To grant official recognition that a person or organization meets specified standards.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- accredit a program
- an accredited institution
On the page
The council accredited the training program after an inspection.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- accredit
- Past tense
- accredited
- Past participle
- accredited
- Present participle
- accrediting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accredit
- Present continuous
- am/is/are accrediting
- Present perfect
- have/has accredited
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been accrediting
- Past
- accredited
- Past continuous
- was/were accrediting
- Past perfect
- had accredited
- Past perfect continuous
- had been accrediting
- Future
- will accredit
- Future continuous
- will be accrediting
- Future perfect
- will have accredited
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been accrediting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: accredit; accredits; accredited; accredited; accrediting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: accredits.
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