Definition of "certification" []

• The act of certifying. (noun)
• The state of being certified. (noun)
• A certified statement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This certification is a milestone for the Marlborough-based manufacturer New Zealand Wine Company (NZWC), which has been pursuing sustainable management within the New Zealand wine industry."
• "In the end the certification is a simple and publicly recognized way to describe the building as striving toward environmental sustainability within the constraints of the particular problem."
• "Flying the Shuttle one year beyond it's "certification" is not a huge added risk."