certified

English translation: get the person officially certified as mad

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English term or phrase:certified
Selected answer:get the person officially certified as mad
Entered by: S.J

16:14 Sep 20, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: certified
ِAt the beginning of the jet era, if anybody had said to me that they would build an aircraft that would take 400 passengers non-stop Sydney-Los Angeles, you'd have attempted to have them certified.

Someone talking about the great shift in aviation industry with big planes creation.

What he would say by "certified" here. You should certifiy the planes? Because he used "them" in the end.

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 04:28
get the person officially certified as mad
Explanation:
It's a way of saying everyone would have thought they (= the person making such a claim) were crazy!
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:28
Grading comment
Thank you.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7get the person officially certified as mad
Tony M
4Tested/Checked
Ali Abdulmaqsood
4certified as sane (or insane)
airmailrpl
4 -1having or proved by a certificate
Anastasia Andriani
3Checked as mentally healthy
Siba Helal (X)
3 -1Attest or confirm in a formal statement
Amir Akbarpour Reihani


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
having or proved by a certificate


Explanation:
having or proved by a certificate

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other definition is:
To guarantee as meeting a standard


    Reference: http://dictionary.com
Anastasia Andriani
Indonesia
Local time: 15:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not applicable in this specific colloquial meaning.
4 mins

disagree  B D Finch: Not what it means here.
18 hrs

agree  Sajad Neisi
1 day 20 hrs
  -> thank you Sajad
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Tested/Checked


Explanation:
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For mental health.

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/certify

Ali Abdulmaqsood
Egypt
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not exactly in this colloquial meaning. It doesn't mean have them checked, but to get them declared "mad" and possibly locked away
7 mins
  -> Agreed, thanks.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
get the person officially certified as mad


Explanation:
It's a way of saying everyone would have thought they (= the person making such a claim) were crazy!

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 309
Grading comment
Thank you.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amir Akbarpour Reihani
12 mins
  -> Thanks, Amir!

agree  Charlotte Fleming
23 mins
  -> Thanks, Charlotte!

agree  philgoddard
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Yvonne!

agree  David Hollywood: or "seen as mad" no need for certification
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, David! Yes, good point: this colloquial usage is "humorous", not literal!

agree  Mark Robertson
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mark!

agree  Sheila Wilson
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sheila!
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Attest or confirm in a formal statement


Explanation:
The word that comes to my mind for "certified" is "fact-checking" because "You'd have attempted to have them certified" probably means "You'd have attempted to check their claim."

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Yes, an insane claim.

Amir Akbarpour Reihani
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: No, when the expression is used this way in normal, idomatic English it means certified as insane.
18 hrs
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Checked as mentally healthy


Explanation:
You can sense the irony.

Siba Helal (X)
Syria
Local time: 11:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: In fact, 'certified' in this colloquial sense specifically means 'certified NOT mentally healthy'
1 min
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certified as sane (or insane)


Explanation:
certified => certified as sane (or insane)


How to have someone certified. | MyBroadband Forum
mybroadband.co.za › forum › threads › how-to-have-s...
Hi guys! Does any one know how to have someone certified insane (or whatever you call it)? A friend of mine's mom is completely psychotic.

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PEOPLE v. GONZALES RUIZ | FindLaw
www.caselaw.findlaw.com › ca-court-of-appeal
... and because defendant had been certified as sane for the purpose of trial as having been cured of a mental defect (retrograde amnesia) quite different from ...


Psychology/Psychiatry - History of Science Society
www.hssmeeting.org › program › psychologypsychiatry
Only after the completion of this form, people could be officially certified as insane and be recommended for asylum treatment. In spite of the medical, legal,

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 05:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amir Akbarpour Reihani
10 mins
  -> thank you

neutral  Tony M: In this context, it is specifically INsane.
29 mins
  -> certified as insane (or sane)

disagree  B D Finch: It means certified as INSANE.// You completely fail to understand the context. The idiomatic usage "you'd have attempted to have them certified" is another way of saying "you'd have thought they were mad".
18 hrs
  -> certified as insane (or sane)...I disagree with your "disagree" and I do understand the context
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