verification
pronunciation
How to pronounce verification in British English:
UK [ ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce verification in American English:
US [ ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
Word Origin
- verification (n.)
- 1520s, from Medieval Latin *verificationem (nominative verificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of verificare (see verify). Middle English had verifiaunce "confirmation, corroboration" (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. Exactfile ( currently in beta ) is a file integrity verification tool .
- 2. Verification of the no-kidnap pledge will be difficult .
- 3. Had alibaba done nothing , this verification system would quickly have become worthless .
- 4. Since launch , engineers have beenconducting testing and verification of the spacecraft 's components .
- 5. Experimental verification of this prediction is unlikely to appear any time soon , if at all .