Credentials
noun
A document or proof showing that someone is qualified for something.
You need to present your credentials before you can enter the building.
Often appears as...
- present your credentials
- verify your credentials
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Formal
noun
The qualities, training or experience that make you suitable to do something.
He has strong credentials for the job, having worked in the industry for over 10 years.
Often appears as...
- strong credentials
- impressive credentials
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Formal
noun
A piece of information used to log into a computer, network, etc.
Please enter your credentials to log into the system.
Often appears as...
- login credentials
- user credentials
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Technical
noun
A document or proof showing that someone is qualified for something.
You need to present your credentials before you can enter the building.
Often appears as...
- present your credentials
- verify your credentials
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The qualities, training or experience that make you suitable to do something.
He has strong credentials for the job, having worked in the industry for over 10 years.
Often appears as...
- strong credentials
- impressive credentials
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A piece of information used to log into a computer, network, etc.
Please enter your credentials to log into the system.
Often appears as...
- login credentials
- user credentials
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Proof
Credentials must be issued by a recognized institution or authority to be valid.
Her teaching credentials were verified by the state education board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Credentials can be digital or listed on a resume, they're not always physical documents.
During the online application, he attached his digital credentials.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Credentials are often required in professional or formal contexts, like job interviews.
Please bring your academic credentials to the interview tomorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Proof
Credentials must be issued by a recognized institution or authority to be valid.
Her teaching credentials were verified by the state education board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Credentials can be digital or listed on a resume, they're not always physical documents.
During the online application, he attached his digital credentials.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Credentials are often required in professional or formal contexts, like job interviews.
Please bring your academic credentials to the interview tomorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Proof
Credentials must be issued by a recognized institution or authority to be valid.
Her teaching credentials were verified by the state education board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Credentials can be digital or listed on a resume, they're not always physical documents.
During the online application, he attached his digital credentials.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Credentials are often required in professional or formal contexts, like job interviews.
Please bring your academic credentials to the interview tomorrow.
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Peter Diamandis: Taking...
and institutions that don't want you to move those things forward, and you have to deal with failures. What a prize does, what we've experienced a prize doing, is literally help to short-circuit or support all of these things, because a prize credentials the idea that this is a good idea. Well, it must be a good idea.
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What adults can learn...
you really the goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult but rather better adults than you have been which may be a little challenge and consider your guys credentials but the way progress happens is because new generations and new eras grow and develop and become better than the
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4 environmental...
Because of what I'm about to say, I really should establish my green credentials. When I was a small boy, I took my pledge as an American, to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its air, soil and minerals, its forests, waters and wildlife.
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Technology that protects...
be better protected the way it works right now is that all of those identity artifacts do you live up there in the cloud and that's the thing that hackers are hacking into when they get control of your identity when you soar millions of sensitive credentials in one place I
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
Carter I'm a scientist I'm asking I'm going I wouldn't double-check on how his geek credentials are coming along all right I said let's go back in time how much of a geek were you as a kid well he was grew up on a farm and all of this pit peanut farm that's all real but he
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President Jimmy Carter's...
eradication of parasites so I was like knowing whether people like presidents and other sort of people of high station in life that are not otherwise scientist I always want to know is there science in them somewhere yeah so they carry some kind of secret geek credentials
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Why specializing early...
The worst forecasters were the most specialized experts, those who'd spent their entire careers studying one or two problems and came to see the whole world through one lens or mental model. Some of them actually got worse as they accumulated experience and credentials.
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Online learning could...
that can provide high-quality learning even in advanced technical fields. Coding boot camps have received a lot of attention giving credentials that allow folks to transition into programming roles. But with VR, you could imagine companies offering biotech credentials
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Advocating for gender...
would head the new agency it is impossible adequately to describe the cascading proliferation of candidates all of whom were advanced by their head of state some with credentials some with no credentials some on the inside some on the outside some government favorites
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What to trust in a...
Otherwise, we only share what sounds good, regardless of whether it's evidence. Instead, we should ask the If it's a story, is it true? If it's true, is it backed up by large-scale evidence? If it is, who is it by, what are their credentials?
Video examples
Peter Diamandis: Taking...
and institutions that don't want you to move those things forward, and you have to deal with failures. What a prize does, what we've experienced a prize doing, is literally help to short-circuit or support all of these things, because a prize credentials the idea that this is a good idea. Well, it must be a good idea.
Video examples
What adults can learn...
you really the goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult but rather better adults than you have been which may be a little challenge and consider your guys credentials but the way progress happens is because new generations and new eras grow and develop and become better than the
Video examples
4 environmental...
Because of what I'm about to say, I really should establish my green credentials. When I was a small boy, I took my pledge as an American, to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its air, soil and minerals, its forests, waters and wildlife.
Video examples
Technology that protects...
be better protected the way it works right now is that all of those identity artifacts do you live up there in the cloud and that's the thing that hackers are hacking into when they get control of your identity when you soar millions of sensitive credentials in one place I
Video examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
Carter I'm a scientist I'm asking I'm going I wouldn't double-check on how his geek credentials are coming along all right I said let's go back in time how much of a geek were you as a kid well he was grew up on a farm and all of this pit peanut farm that's all real but he
Video examples
President Jimmy Carter's...
eradication of parasites so I was like knowing whether people like presidents and other sort of people of high station in life that are not otherwise scientist I always want to know is there science in them somewhere yeah so they carry some kind of secret geek credentials
Video examples
Why specializing early...
The worst forecasters were the most specialized experts, those who'd spent their entire careers studying one or two problems and came to see the whole world through one lens or mental model. Some of them actually got worse as they accumulated experience and credentials.
Video examples
Online learning could...
that can provide high-quality learning even in advanced technical fields. Coding boot camps have received a lot of attention giving credentials that allow folks to transition into programming roles. But with VR, you could imagine companies offering biotech credentials
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
would head the new agency it is impossible adequately to describe the cascading proliferation of candidates all of whom were advanced by their head of state some with credentials some with no credentials some on the inside some on the outside some government favorites
Video examples
What to trust in a...
Otherwise, we only share what sounds good, regardless of whether it's evidence. Instead, we should ask the If it's a story, is it true? If it's true, is it backed up by large-scale evidence? If it is, who is it by, what are their credentials?
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Quote examples
Sal Khan
American Educator
Free educational materials will, at minimum, prepare more people for college and allow them to be more successful once they get there. Most students want credentials that employers respect, and free educational materials alone will not do this.
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Jamaica Kincaid
Novelist
I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about anything else. You've got to ask tough questions, and you've got to not be afraid to challenge their credentials.
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Randhir Kapoor
Everyone knows our credentials. We are Kapoors. We don't need to run after anyone's money. We have been blessed with not only money, but our talent can support us for the rest of our lives.
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Roy Cooper
American Politician
Our whole community is made better when students earn the credentials or degrees they need to find a better-paying job that will help them support themselves and their families.
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Gene Simmons
American Musician
If you think about it, critics are an unnecessary life-form on the planet Earth, and here's why: because it's a job without credentials. You don't have to go to school.
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Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials - literally, which is why I'm teaching at MIT.
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Stephen A. Smith
American Journalist
Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.
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David Hewson
British Author
The list of Scarborough's rock credentials could go on forever.
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Sal Khan
American Educator
Free educational materials will, at minimum, prepare more people for college and allow them to be more successful once they get there. Most students want credentials that employers respect, and free educational materials alone will not do this.
Quote examples
Jamaica Kincaid
Novelist
I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.
Quote examples
Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about anything else. You've got to ask tough questions, and you've got to not be afraid to challenge their credentials.
Quote examples
Randhir Kapoor
Everyone knows our credentials. We are Kapoors. We don't need to run after anyone's money. We have been blessed with not only money, but our talent can support us for the rest of our lives.
Quote examples
Roy Cooper
American Politician
Our whole community is made better when students earn the credentials or degrees they need to find a better-paying job that will help them support themselves and their families.
Quote examples
Gene Simmons
American Musician
If you think about it, critics are an unnecessary life-form on the planet Earth, and here's why: because it's a job without credentials. You don't have to go to school.
Quote examples
Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials - literally, which is why I'm teaching at MIT.
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Stephen A. Smith
American Journalist
Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.
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David Hewson
British Author
The list of Scarborough's rock credentials could go on forever.
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