CERTIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does certified mean? 

• CERTIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective CERTIFIED has 3 senses:

1. endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements

2. fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)

3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

  Familiarity information: CERTIFIED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERTIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements

Context example:

a certified public accountant

Similar:

certifiable (capable of being guaranteed or certified)

certificated (furnished with or authorized by a certificate:)

credentialled (certified as professional by evidence or testimonials)

Also:

authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)

documented (furnished with or supported by documents)

Antonym:

uncertified (lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)

Synonyms:

certifiable; certified

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

Synonyms:

certified; qualified

Context example:

a registered hospital

Similar:

registered (listed or recorded officially)

 Context examples 

The certified pediatric nurse practitioner specializes in assessing, diagnosing, and treating pediatric patients with acute or chronic pediatric diseases.

(Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

Before the middle of the next day, he was at Hartfield; and he entered the room with such an agreeable smile as certified the continuance of the scheme.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A medical assistant who has successfully completed an examination that earns them the credentials to become a certified medical assistant.

(Certified Medical Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)

To remain certified a physician assistant must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and take the recertification exam every six years.

(Certified Physician Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)

NPs are licensed at the state level and certified by national nursing organizations.

(NP, NCI Dictionary)

Also called BCOP and board certified oncology pharmacy specialist.

(Oncology pharmacy specialist, NCI Dictionary)

Nurse practitioners are licensed at the state level and certified by national nursing organizations.

(Nurse practitioner, NCI Dictionary)

A registered nurse who has a master's or doctorate degree in a clinical field of nursing and has been certified by the Board of Registered Nursing.

(Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

Also known as an orderly or, when certified by a state agency, a certified nurse assistant.

(Certified Nurse Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)

She confined herself, or tried to confine herself, to the simple, indubitable family misery which must envelop all, if it were indeed a matter of certified guilt and public exposure.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)