verification
nounUS, UK /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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
Law A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
5
Mathematics, Sciences The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
- Derived terms
- address verification service, criterion of verification, principle of verification, verification criterion, verification principle
- Related terms
- verificationism, verify, verism, veritable, verity