licensure
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪsənʃər/
- Specialized
:
licencia
- To practice law in this state, you must obtain a licensure from the state bar association.
- licensure, certification
- licensure requirements
- State licensure
Examples
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For example, programs designed to prepare students to meet licensure requirements may not be able to accommodate some students.
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Such settlements may adversely affect employees' professional reputation, licensure, certification, and references.
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But to what extent do current licensure requirements prepare them to do so?
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State agencies should make it easier for dancers to earn teacher licensure in physical education.
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The Virginia Reading Assessment became a licensure requirement in Virginia for elementary teacher education candidates in 2006.
Academic text (2011) -
Respondents from 18 states indicated their states offered certification/licensure in environmental education.
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The lack of dance certification and licensure negatively affects dance education in both K-12 and higher education.
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Oftentimes, technology facilitators are teachers with additional licensure that allows them to be technology facilitators.
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The majority of SEAs (n = 44) also offered initial middle-level licensure, and these requirements were also reviewed.
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The teacher's licensure ensures that she is qualified to teach in the public school system.
Synonyms
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An official process of checking and approving that someone or something meets rules
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Official permission given by an authority to do something
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Checking and approving someone's qualifications to give official permission
Antonyms
How Official
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word licensure comes from the Latin licentia, which means 'permission' or 'freedom', and from licere, 'to be allowed'. Think of license, a familiar word that gives permission, so licensure is the official process to get that permission to work.