What does verification mean?

Definitions for verification
ˌvɛr ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənver·i·fi·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. confirmation, verification, check, substantiationnoun

    additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

    "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"

  2. verificationnoun

    (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

Wiktionary

  1. verificationnoun

    The act of verifying.

  2. verificationnoun

    The state of being verified.

  3. verificationnoun

    Confirmation; authentication.

    The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.

  4. verificationnoun

    A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.

  5. verificationnoun

    The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

ChatGPT

  1. verification

    Verification is the process of confirming the truth, accuracy, or validity of something. It often involves the use of evidence or documentation to establish that a fact, condition, or requirement is in compliance with established standards or regulations. Verification can be applied in different fields such as science, technology, law, and business.

Wikidata

  1. Verification

    Verification in the field of space systems engineering covers two verification processes: Qualification and Acceptance

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. verification

    1. In arms control, any action, including inspection, detection, and identification, taken to ascertain compliance with agreed measures. 2. In computer modeling and simulation, the process of determining that a model or simulation implementation accurately represents the developer

Editors Contribution

  1. verification

    The act and process of to verify.

    The auditor did verify the level of compliance and was very impressed.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of verification in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of verification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of verification in a Sentence

  1. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

    The damaged centrifuges in Natanz ... would be replaced with more-advanced centrifuges and more-capable centrifuges, we insist on what we have asked. All sanctions should be lifted, we verify and then we go back to full compliance if we are satisfied with the verification process.

  2. Norbert Roettgen:

    In the end, it must be clear that in addition to technical verification, there is also a political assessment of the trustworthiness of network equipment suppliers such as the Chinese group Huawei, only companies that are not at the mercy of their home country can be trustworthy.

  3. Matt Anderson:

    Patients should feel empowered to verify what am I getting, what is being put in my body, those types of things, so that verification — that simple step to make sure they know what's on the card, the vaccinator knows what's in the syringe — is valuable and important and that's probably the best thing people can be doing about that.

  4. Ron Kim:

    First, it should be a two-step verification process to vaccinate older adults. But fixing hospital vaccination screening process is not the issue. Why did the governor punt this to underfunded hospitals in the first place? Why didn’t the governor trust local protocols?

  5. Geoffrey Odundo:

    We are introducing a verifier component, because there is need for verification of green assets and green financing ... it's what makes it possible for issuance of green bonds.

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