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certified (root: certify)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective certified has 3 senses
- certified(a = adj.all) Array - endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; "a certified public accountant" Antonym: uncertified
- certified(s = adj.all) certifiable - fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly); Array
- certified(s = adj.all) qualified - holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital"
CIDE DICTIONARY
certified, adj.
- endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; guranteed; as, certified milk; certified mail; a certified check. Opposite of
uncertified . [WordNet 1.5] - legally insane according to clinical criteria. [WordNet 1.5]
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
certified
accepted, acknowledged, actual, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, ascertained, asserted, asseverated, assured, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, borne out, categorically true, certain, circumstantiated, conceded, confessed, confirmed, corroborated, countersigned, covered, decided, declared, demonstrated, deposed, determinate, determined, documentary, effectual, endorsed, ensured, enunciated, established, factual, fixed, granted, guaranteed, historical, in the bag, insured, made sure, manifestoed, nailed down, not in error, notarized, objectively true, on ice, open-and-shut, pledged, predicated, professed, pronounced, proved, proven, ratified, real, received, recognized, sealed, secure, secured, set, settled, shown, signed, stamped, stated, substantiated, sure, sure-enough, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, tested, tried, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied, underwritten, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verified, veritable, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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