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verification | proofread |

As a noun verification

is verification.

As a verb proofread is

(transitive|and|intransitive) to check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.

verification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of verifying.
  • The state of being verified.
  • Confirmation; authentication.
    • The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
  • (legal) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
  • (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

    • Derived terms

    * verification principle

    Related terms

    * verificationism * verify * verity * verism * veritable

    See also

    * (Formal verification)

    proofread

    English

    (Proofreading)

    Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.

    • Derived terms

    * proofreader * proofreading

    See also

    * copy edit