0 the abilities and experience that make someone suitable for a particular job or activity, or proof of these abilities and experience:
There are a number of things that you can do to demonstrate your bona fides as good neighbours.
His political bona fides are questionable.
To establish his urban bona fides, he lived for several years in council housing.
Expats are supposed to register to vote in the constituency where they last lived, but there doesn't seem to be much checking of bona fides.
1 evidence that someone is who they say they are, or has the experience they claim to have:
It is important to consult practitioners who have solid bona fides.
The firm required some reference to establish the bona fides of the client.
Checking qualifications and bona fides should be part of any agency's job.
Still, the recognition of the bona fides of the various sign languages of the world is relatively recent.
I can only go on good faith, and it is very difficult to decide whether the bona fidesare there or not.
It is a question of the bona fides of the whole system.
I am not casting any doubts on the bona fides of the trade unions.
