accreditation.

1. Formal recognition that an institution, program or professional activity meets specified standards.

2. Formal approval of a person as authorized to perform a specified representative or access-related role.

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Words that belong together

• institutional accreditation
• professional accreditation

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Accreditation required evidence that the program’s assessment procedures were applied consistently.

The institution retained accreditation while addressing the reviewers’ recommendations.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural accreditations for distinct instances or kinds where appropriate. 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, comparison, evaluation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.