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certificate
/sɚˈtɪfɪkət/
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For the noun, stress TIF.
The noun ends with a light kit. The verb has a long a sound in its ending.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She placed the certificate in a folder.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does certificate mean?
noun
- A document containing a certified statement.
- A document evidencing ownership or debt.
- A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
More meanings (6)
noun
- The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
- Ellipsis of public key certificate.
- A motion picture age rating.
- (obsolete) Synonym of certification.
verb
- To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
adjective
- Certified, assured.
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IPA pronunciation
/sɚˈtɪfɪkət/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Julia had to swear that he was her uncle before a notary public and then have the county clerk's certificate attached.
With this end in view he added to his two diplomas--those of mathematics and physics--a third certificate, that of natural sciences.
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He met the most pressing of his creditors with a certificate of his illness, and they accepted his notes and promises.
As it was, he thought that on the attendant’s evidence he could give a certificate of death by misadventure in falling from bed.
We saw the certificate, which had been drawn up on the spot, to attest this remarkable fact, eye-witnesses of which are still living.