verification
/ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən/ (ame, mw)
verification — noun
1. the activity of checking or proving whether a piece of information, a claim, a p
the activity of checking or proving whether a piece of information, a claim, a person's identity, or a set of data is true, correct, or valid
Dr. Okafor's research team carried out a thorough verification of the experimental results before publishing.
uncountable: verification of [data/results]
The bank requires two forms of identification for the verification of new account holders.
Journalists at the newspaper are trained in fact verification to avoid spreading false information.
An automatic verification check runs each time a user logs into the company system.
- confirmation
emphasises that something is shown to be already true; less focus on the checking process itself
- validation
more technical; often about whether something meets a required standard or format rather than factual truth
- authentication
specific to proving the identity or origin of a person or document
- falsification
the deliberate altering of information to make it untrue or misleading
- invalidation
the act of showing that something is not valid or acceptable
文法句型
verification of [something]
verification that [clause]
用法筆記
Frequently uncountable — you talk about *verification of* something, not *a verification* in most cases. Common in formal, technical, and institutional contexts such as scientific research, banking and finance, journalism, and cybersecurity.