recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

plural recertifications

: the act or process of certifying or being certified again

… a bill that will require the unions to petition for recertification if their membership drops below 50 percent of those eligible to participate.

—Zac Anderson

Examples of recertification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The removal of application materials also has caused confusion around the recertification process for borrowers already enrolled in repayment plans, experts say. —Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025

Therefore, the Education Department has a recertification process, a yearly requirement for borrowers enrolled in an IDR plan to update their information to recalculate their monthly payments. —Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

For those who miss their recertification deadline, there could be serious financial consequences. —Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025

The applications for recertification are not available on the department website at the moment. —Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recertification

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization

Medical Definition

recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsərt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: the act of having one's certification renewed

recertify

(ˈ)rē-ˈsərt-ə-ˌfī 

verb

recertified; recertifying