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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kri-den-shuh l
Phonetic Transcription : krɪˈdɛn ʃəl



Definition of credentials

Origin :
  • "letters entitling the bearer to certain credit or confidence," 1670s, from Medieval Latin credentialis, from credentia (see credence). Probably immediately as a shortening of letters credential (1520s, with French word order); earlier was letter of credence (mid-14c.).
  • noun references, attestation
Example sentences :
  • He could show his credentials at a moment's notice with proud defiance.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces that which no man foretold.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "I think that first, perhaps, I should look at your credentials," Vard suggested.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • Let us first have our dinner, M'Kinlay, and then I'll write your credentials.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • If you think I am lying, young gentlemen, I will show you my credentials.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • Have you examined his credentials, and how do you find them?
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • They are among books, but not of them, lacking the credentials of their companions.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • You can bet I plants myself in the door and calls for credentials!
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • Tomorrow, I will present my credentials to the Secretary of State here.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • He showed his credentials, at which the manager bowed obsequiously.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts

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