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verification

Pronunciation: /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

The English word “verification” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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