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verification

noun

  1. process of proving that a suspected fact is true
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle French verification (modern French vérification) or its etymon Medieval Latin vērificātiō. By surface analysis, verificate + -ion.

  1. The act or process of verifying.
  2. The state of being verified.
  3. Confirmation; authentication.

    The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.

  4. A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
  5. The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.