verification
The act or process of verifyingThe act or process of verifying.
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Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of verifying.
Verifizierung
прове́ркаprovérka, верифика́цияverifikácija
пере́ві́ркаperévírka, верифіка́ціяveryfikácija
(countable, uncountable)The state of being verified.
Verifikation
(countable, uncountable)Confirmation; authentication.
The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
(countable, uncountable)A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
(countable, uncountable)The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
Examples
8 sentencesTom asked for verification.
deTom bat um Bestätigung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Beliefs are not liable to verification.
Please activate your new password via email verification.
The verifications of the process have to be extremely thorough.
The backup tokens below can be used for login verification.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French verification (modern French vérification) or its etymon Medieval LatinFrom Middle French verification (modern French vérification) or its etymon Medieval Latin vērificātiō. By surface analysis, verificate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: verifications| Singular | verification |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct:confirmationchecksubstantiation
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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