"validation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-validation.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-validation.wav Forms: validations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French validation. Morphologically validate + -ion Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|validation}} Middle French validation, {{suffix|en|validate|ion|nocat=1}} validate + -ion, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=rule}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} validation (countable and uncountable, plural validations)
  1. The act of validating something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of validating something): التأكيد على الفاعلية (Arabic), утвърждаване (utvǎrždavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ратифициране (ratificirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), validació [feminine] (Catalan), validace [feminine] (Czech), validering [feminine] (Dutch), kinnitus (Estonian), vahvistaminen (Finnish), validation [feminine] (French), დამოწმება (damoc̣meba) (Georgian), დაკანონება (daḳanoneba) (Georgian), რატიფიკაცია (raṭipiḳacia) (Georgian), Bestätigung [feminine] (German), Gültigkeitserklärung [feminine] (German), érvényesítés (Hungarian), validálás (Hungarian), validáció (Hungarian), vahvistama (Ingrian), whakatūturutanga (Maori), whakapūmautanga (Maori), whakamanatanga (Maori), potwierdzenie [neuter] (Polish), uprawomocnienie [neuter] (Polish), uzasadnienie [neuter] (Polish), walidacja [feminine] (Polish), validação [feminine] (Portuguese), validare (Romanian), confirmare (Romanian), certificare (Romanian), ратифика́ция (ratifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), утвержде́ние (utverždénije) [neuter] (Russian), легализа́ция (legalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), валида́ция (validácija) [feminine] [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Russian), validación [feminine] (Spanish), convalidación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something, such as a certificate, that validates something): تصديق (Arabic), tõend (Estonian), megerősítés (Hungarian), igazolás (Hungarian), hitelesítés (Hungarian)
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  3. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-validation, validation suite

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ratifikácija",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ратифика́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utverždénije",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "утвержде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "legalizácija",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "легализа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "validácija",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "валида́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "validación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of validating something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "convalidación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "something, such as a certificate, that validates something",
      "word": "تصديق"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "something, such as a certificate, that validates something",
      "word": "tõend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something, such as a certificate, that validates something",
      "word": "megerősítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something, such as a certificate, that validates something",
      "word": "igazolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something, such as a certificate, that validates something",
      "word": "hitelesítés"
    }
  ],
  "word": "validation"
}

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