verification

See also: vérification

English

Etymology

From Middle French vérification, from Medieval Latin verificatio.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: ver‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion

Noun

verification (countable and uncountable, plural verifications)

The act or process of verifying.
The state of being verified.
Confirmation; authentication.
The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
(law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

Derived terms

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Translations

the act of verifying

Armenian: ստուգում (hy) (stugum), վավերացում (hy) (vaveracʻum)
Belarusian: праве́рка f (pravjérka), верыфіка́цыя f (vjeryfikácyja)
Bulgarian: прове́рка (bg) f (provérka), потвърждение (bg) n (potvǎrždenie)
Catalan: verificació f
Cebuano: beripikasyon, pagsuta
Czech: ověření n
French: vérification (fr) f
Georgian: დადასტურება (dadasṭureba), გადამოწმება (gadamoc̣meba)
German: Verifizierung (de) f
Hebrew: וידוא (vidú)
Hungarian: ellenőrzés (hu), vizsgálat (hu)
Indonesian: verifikasi (id), pemeriksaan (id), pengecekan (id)
Japanese: 確証 (ja) (kakushō), 検証 (ja) (kenshō)
Maori: whakatūturutanga, hāponotanga
Persian: بررسی (fa) (barresi), درستی سنجی (dorosti sanji)
Polish: weryfikacja (pl) f
Portuguese: verificação (pt)
Russian: прове́рка (ru) f (provérka), верифика́ция (ru) f (verifikácija)
Spanish: verificación (es)
Ukrainian: пере́ві́рка (uk) f (perévírka), верифіка́ція f (veryfikácija)

the state of being verified

Cebuano: beripikasyon, beripikado
German: Verifikation (de) f
Hebrew: וידוא (vidú)

confirmation; authentication

Bulgarian: потвърждение (bg) n (potvǎrždenie), заверка (bg) f (zaverka)
Catalan: verificació f
Cebuano: beripikasyon, kamatuoran
Georgian: დადასტურება (dadasṭureba), გადამოწმება (gadamoc̣meba)
Hebrew: וידוא (vidú)
Hungarian: alátámasztás (hu), igazolás (hu), megerősítés (hu)
Indonesian: verifikasi (id)

legal: confirmation by evidence

Bulgarian: удостоверяване (bg) n (udostoverjavane)
Cebuano: beripikasyon
Hungarian: bizonyítás (hu)
Indonesian: verifikasi (id), pemeriksaan (id), pengecekan (id)

math: verification of an equation

Bulgarian: проверка (bg) f (proverka)
Cebuano: beripikasyon, pagsuta
Dutch: verificatie (nl), bewijs (nl)

See also

Formal verification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia