ACCREDITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accreditation mean? 

• ACCREDITATION (noun)
  The noun ACCREDITATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)

  Familiarity information: ACCREDITATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCREDITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools

Hypernyms ("accreditation" is a kind of...):

certification; enfranchisement (the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on)

Derivation:

accredit (grant credentials to)

 Context examples 

The ACR focuses its activity on making imaging safe, effective and accessible trough its accreditation programs, research, and development of guidelines for quality imaging, and education.

(American College of Radiology, NCI Thesaurus)