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to recertify

to recertify

4 5.5
To renew a professional license or qualification by meeting official requirements
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsɜːrtɪfaɪ/
translation icon : revalidar
  • Just how many times can a school librarian recertify in CPR during his or her career as an education professional?
  • get recertified
  • need to recertify
  • recertified every three years

Examples

  • I believe that now they want you to recertify every so often.

    Blog text (2)

  • I've been talking about getting recertified for years.

    DeathBed (2002)

  • We are going right back to the National Security Council today and asking to have the program recertified, as many techniques as possible.

    The Report (2019)

  • When unions change leadership, the government must approve the new leadership and recertify the union's existence and legality.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Where previously examiners were certified in their positions after passing an exam, they now had to be recertified every three years.

    Academic text (2010)

  • After three years, an employee in a DBPR-licensed food service establishment must be retrained and recertified.

    Academic text (2005)

  • One of the OSHA requirements is that if operators took a test and were certified prior to the OSHA 2014 regulations, they must be recertified.

    Blog text (13)

  • In accordance with CFR title 14, volume three, chapter one, section 139, sub-paragraph B, Propwash Junction is recertified and open for operation.

    Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

  • The organization requires all its instructors to recertify their qualifications every two years.

  • In order to continue practicing, doctors must recertify their licenses periodically.

Synonyms

to renew
vsto recertify
175 2.8

Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends

involves formal confirmation through meeting specific requirements, not simple general reactivation
to revalidate
vsto recertify
  • Formal
1 6.0

To make something correct and usable again or check it still works

requires proving specific qualifications meet formal requirements rather than only checking validity
to requalify
vsto recertify
7.0

Make someone officially able to do something again after losing that right

confirms eligibility by meeting formal requirements rather than simply granting it again
to reaccredit
vsto recertify
  • Formal
6.5

To give official approval again after a careful check

focuses on personal certificates and status needing proof of competence via requirements

Surface Forms

recertify infinitive
recertified past
recertified past participle
recertifying present participle
recertifies third person singular

Morphology

recertify = certify (transparent) = re + cert + ify

Adding the productive prefix 're-' to 'certify' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'certify again' or 'renew certification'.

Etymology

Recertify begins with re- meaning 'again' and the rest comes from certify, from the root cert- meaning 'certain', as in certain and certificate. So, to recertify is to make a certificate or qualification 'certain again', that is, to officially renew or confirm it.