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attestation

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌæt.ɛˈsteɪ.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌæt.ɛˈsteɪ.ʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A confirmation or authentication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, finance

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: word; word form; or word meaning; word; word form; or word meaning

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the evidence by which something is attested

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: evidence

6

noun

Meaning 6

the action of bearing witness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: testimony

History

Etymology

From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (potvǎrždénie) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Bulgarian: доказа́телство (dokazátelstvo) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Catalan: atestació — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證明 /证明 (zhèngmíng) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驗證 /验证 (yànzhèng) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 確認 /确认 (quèrèn) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Finnish: todiste — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • French: attestation — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • German: Bestätigung — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • German: Beweis — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • German: Beleg — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Greek: μαρτυρία (martyría) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Hungarian: tanúsítás — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Hungarian: hitelesítés — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Hungarian: igazolás — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Hungarian: bizonyítás — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Italian: attestazione — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Persian: گواه (govâh) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Persian: شاهد (šâhed) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Polish: świadectwo — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Polish: zaświadczenie — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Polish: atest — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Polish: certyfikat — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Portuguese: atestação — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Romanian: atestare — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Romanian: adeverire — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Romanian: confirmare — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Russian: подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Russian: засвиде́тельствование (zasvidételʹstvovanije) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Spanish: atestación — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Ukrainian: підтве́рдження (pidtvérdžennja) — something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates
  • Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (potvǎrždénie) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Bulgarian: заве́рка (zavérka) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Bulgarian: засвиде́телстване (zasvidételstvane) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證明 /证明 (zhèngmíng) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驗證 /验证 (yànzhèng) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Chinese Mandarin: 確認 /确认 (quèrèn) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Czech: atestace — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Czech: potvrzení — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Czech: přezkoušení — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Czech: otestování — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Finnish: todistus — such a confirmation or authentication
  • French: attestation — such a confirmation or authentication
  • German: Zeugnis — such a confirmation or authentication
  • German: Bestätigung — such a confirmation or authentication
  • German: Ausweis — such a confirmation or authentication
  • German: Urkunde — such a confirmation or authentication
  • German: Nachweis — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Greek: μαρτυρία (martyría) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Greek: επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Hungarian: tanúsítvány — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Hungarian: hitelesítés — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Hungarian: igazolás — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Polish: zaświadczenie — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Polish: atest — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Portuguese: atestação — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Romanian: autentificare — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Romanian: atestare — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Russian: подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Spanish: atestación — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Ukrainian: підтве́рдження (pidtvérdžennja) — such a confirmation or authentication
  • Bulgarian: атеста́ция (atestácija) — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 審計 /审计 (shěnjì) — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • Finnish: lausunto — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • German: Beglaubigung — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • Hungarian: hitelesítés — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • Russian: аттеста́ция (attestácija) — providing an independent opinion, on published information of an organization, by accountants or auditors
  • Armenian: վկայվածություն (vkayvacutʻyun) — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Armenian: վկայություն (vkayutʻyun) — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Bulgarian: засвиде́телстване (zasvidételstvane) — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語料實例 /语料实例 (yǔliào shílì) — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書證 /书证 (shūzhèng) — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Finnish: esiintymä — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Finnish: attestaatio — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Finnish: esiintyminen — linguistics: appearance in records
  • French: attestation — linguistics: appearance in records
  • German: Beleg — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: adatolás — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: dokumentálás — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: adat — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: előfordulás — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: idézet — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: szöveghely — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: példa — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: illusztráció — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Hungarian: előfordulási hely — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Portuguese: documentação — linguistics: appearance in records
  • Swedish: belägg — linguistics: appearance in records
Real reading context

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