DECERTIFY

decertify, derecognize, derecognise

(verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted; “Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People’s Republic of China”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

decertify (third-person singular simple present decertifies, present participle decertifying, simple past and past participle decertified)

(transitive) To annul the certification of.

(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.

Source: Wiktionary



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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