Credential (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Usually credentials.
    • evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
    • information that identifies an account and keeps it secure, as username and password: The IT department assigns temporary system credentials to new employees.
  2. anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
verb (used with object), cre·den·tialed, cre·den·tial·ing or especially British cre·den·tialled, cre·den·tial·ling.
  1. to grant credentials to, especially educational and professional ones: She has been credentialed to teach math.
adjective
  1. providing the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
noun
  1. something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
  2. a letter or certificate giving evidence of the bearer's identity or competence
adjective
  1. entitling one to confidence, authority, etc
Credential (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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