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Definition: Attestation |
AttestationNoun1. Written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath. 2. The evidence by which something is attested. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attestation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Etymology: Attestation \At`tes*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression attestatio: compare to the French expression attestation.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AttestationSynonym: affidavit (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Testimony, testification, expert testimony; attestation; deposition; (affirmation); examination. |
Indication | Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Attestation |
| English words defined with "attestation": Attestative ♦ Comprobation ♦ Notarial ♦ Subsinnation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "attestation": holograph will, holographic will. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "attestation": Vouch. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Attestation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (affidavit, attestation, testimonial, testimony, testiness). |
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Economic History | Bangladesh | There may be a fee for attestation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Attestation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attestation" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "attestation": attestation CE de type. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attestation | 16 |
assedic attestation | 12 |
attestation engagement | 7 |
attestation one papers war world | 3 |
attestation papers | 3 |
attestation honneur l sur | 3 |
attestation de travail | 2 |
attestation de recensement | 2 |
attestation de domicile | 2 |
attestation concubinage honneur | 2 |
acs attestation shower | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "attestation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vërtetim (ascertainment, authentication, certificate, certification, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, diploma, endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, legalization, note, receipt, substantiation, verification), legalizim (legalization), dëshmi (bill, certificate, certification, deposition, document, evidence, licence, license, muniment, policy, proof, sign, testimonial, testimony, witness), betim (faith, oath, sacrament, swear, vow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تصديق (approving, belief, certificate, confirmation, credence, credit, ok, okay, okey, ratification, sanction), شهادة (certificate, certification, credentials, debenture, degree, deposition, diploma, evidence, paper-qualification, show, testification, testimonial, testimony, testiness, ticket, token, witness), شاهد (behold, evidence, see, sight, telltale, text, view, witness), دليل (clue, companion, directory, evidence, guide, guidebook, in evidence, index, pilot, proof, substantiation, telltale, testimonial, testimony), برهنة (demonstration), برهان (argument, confirmation, evidence, proof, proofing, reasoning, substantiation, testimonial, testimony, warranty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удостоверяване, свидетелско показание (proof, statement), засвидетелствуване, заклеване, заверяване, заверка (countersign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 证人 (Witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svìdectví (authority, evidence, indication, testimonial, testimony, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trangsattest (attestation of poverty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bewijs van onvermogen (attestation of poverty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attestation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bescheinigung (certificate, certification, confirmation, receipt), beglaubigung (accreditation, authentication, notarization, witnessing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαρτυρία (deposition, evidence, testification, testimony, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תעו"" (bill, certificate, credential, diploma, document, documentary, record, report, ticket), ע"ות (deposition, evidence, law, precept, record, testimony), "צ"ר" (declaration, manifest, predication, proclamation, pronouncement, protestation, statement, testimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanúvallomás (deposition, testimony), hitelesítés (authentication, calibration, certification, legalization, sealing, sizing, standardization, vidimus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attestazione (acknowledgment, certificate, certification, testimony), conferma (confirmation, corroboration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 認証 (certification, Imperial attestation), "言 (attest, vow or oath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | に"しょう (certification, Imperial attestation, person, personal, testimony of a witness), せい'" (attest, limitation, restraint, restriction, sine, vow or oath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jarrooaghey (attest, certify, certifying, verify), gymmyrkey feanish (witnessing), cur fo loo (adjure, attest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attestationay atestação (affirmation), ajuramentação, testemunho (deposition, earnest, pledge, record, reference, testimony, token, witness), prova (competition, confirmation, exam, examination, experiment, investigation, proof, rehearsal, sense of taste, shew, shibboleth, show, sign, slip, taste, test, testimony, testing, token, trial, try, try-out, voucher, warrant). (various references) atestare, adeverinţã (certificate, counterfoil, receipt, record, voucher, warrant), certificat (certificate, patent, record, testimonial, ticket, voucher). (various references) свидетельство (certificate, document, evidence, testimony), засвидетельствование, подтверждение (confirmation, corroboration, endorsement, evidence, indorsation, indorsement, justification, reassurance, restatement, verification, vindication). (various references) svedočenje (testification, testimony), potvrđivanje (affirmation, ratification, substantiation, validation), dokazivanje. (various references) atestado (certificate, certification, cram full, crowded), atestación, testimonio (deposition, testimonial, testimony, witness), prestación de juramento, garantía (assurance, escrow, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, pledge, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warrant, warranty). (various references) attest (certificate, testimony). (various references) yemin (adjuration, oath, profession, sacrament, vow), tasdik (confirmation, ok, okay, ratification, validation), tanıklık (evidence, testimony, witness), onaylama (acceptance, appro, approval, carriage, certification, confirmation, corroboration, legitimation, ratification, recognition, subscription, validation), kanıt olma, şahadet (testification, testimony). (various references) свідчення (attest, evidence, showing, statement, vouch, warrant, witness), формальне підтвердження, приведення до присяги (adjuration). (various references) sự tuyên thệ sự cho thề, sự nhận thực (testimony), sự chứng thực lời chứng, sự chứng nhận (testimony), lời cung khai l m chứng sự thề. (various references) ardystiad (endorsement, pledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attestation": attestations. (additional references) | |
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"Attestation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Attestato. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "attestation" (pronounced 'At`tes*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-o-s-t-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: antistate, titanates. | |
-3 letters: antistat, astatine, attaints, nattiest, sanitate, tattiest, titanate. | |
-4 letters: anattos, atonies, attains, attaint, entasia, etatist, instate, notates, satiate, satinet, statant, station, taenias, tatties, toniest. | |
-5 letters: anatto, ansate, atones, attain, attent, attest, notate, sitten, sonata, stotin, taenia, taints, tanist, tattie, tenias, teston, tineas, tisane, titans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-n-o-s-t-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attestations. | |
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