verification

noun

ver·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: the act or process of verifying : the state of being verified

Examples of verification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To verify your profile, choose one of the following methods that best suits your practice: Receive a postcard with a verification code in the mail, get a code via phone call or text, or complete a live video call by showing your business location and identification documents. —Lauren Parr, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Technologies can provide a secure record of transactions and other methodologies offer definitive origin verification. —Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 31 Mar. 2025

Deepfake selfies Many financial institutions use selfies for customer verification. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025

The agency plans to tighten identity verification procedures that will require many benefit recipients to make trips to local field offices or log into online accounts. —Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificātiōn-, vērificātiō, from vērificāre "to verify" + Latin -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for verification

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration

Kids Definition

verification

noun

ver·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: the act or process of verifying : the state of being verified

Legal Definition

verification

noun

ver·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

1

: an act or process of verifying

2

: a sworn statement of truth or correctness

submitted a verification signed by the defendant with the petition