Certificate Birth/Marriage/Death Qualification Noun Bre Səˈtɪfɪkət Sərˈtɪfɪkət Postgraduate

• a birth/marriage/death certificate
• a postgraduate certificate in education (= a british qualification for teachers)
• the police are waiting for the doctor to issue a death certificate.
• a certificate of authenticity

certificate

1. an official document that may be used to prove that the facts it states are true
• a birth/marriage/death certificate
2. an official document proving that you have completed a course of study or passed an exam; a qualification obtained after a course of study or an exam
• a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (= a British qualification for teachers)

Extra Examples

• The police are waiting for the doctor to issue a death certificate.
• a certificate of authenticity
• a certificate of motor insurance
• Everyone entering the country needs to show a health certificate.
• She showed her certificate of insurance.
• This certificate is an important document. Keep it in a safe place.
• a birth/marriage/death certificate

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘certification’): from French certificat or medieval Latin certificatum, from certificare, from Latin certus ‘certain’.