certificate

An official document confirming that particular facts are true.

• Please bring your birth certificate.
• The doctor issued a medical certificate.
• We requested copies of our marriage certificate.

How to use it: certificate of something (You must provide a certificate of ownership.)

Similar words: document, attestation

Common phrases: birth certificate, marriage certificate, medical certificate

An official paper showing that you have completed a course, passed a test, or received an award.

• I received a certificate after the course.
• She keeps her swimming certificates in a folder.
• Do we get a certificate for completing the training?

How to use it: certificate in something (She earned a certificate in computer skills.)

Similar words: diploma

Common phrases: training certificate, award certificate, receive a certificate

A film rating that states the youngest age at which someone may watch it.

• The film has a fifteen certificate.
• Its certificate means young children cannot watch it.
• The board gave the film an eighteen certificate.

Similar words: age rating, classification

Common phrases: film certificate, certificate eighteen

To give someone or something an official document confirming that they meet particular requirements.

• The agency can certificate trained workers.
• All instructors were certificated after assessment.
• The authority certificates equipment that meets its safety rules.

Similar words: certify

Common phrases: certificate someone, certificate the equipment