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constatation|kɒnstəˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. constatation ascertaining, inquiry, statement; cf. constate v., -ation.]
The process, or result, of constating; ascertaining or establishing; verification; concr. statement or assertion.
a1916H. James Ivory Tower (1917) iv. i. 251 So large a part played..by the mere constatation..of the state of being worth dollars to inordinate amounts? 1926R. Fry Transformations 6 In the case of mathematics the purpose is the constatation of the universal validity of the relations. 1939Theology XXXVIII. 256 All these events are open to the normal methods of empirical constatation. 1952Scrutiny XVIII. 273 The..difference..can be brought down here to the constatation that Lawrence sees what the needs are..so much better than George Eliot. 1970Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 442/3 The article contains some propositions, some general constatations, some statements of principle that in themselves invite concurrence as wise, sound and obvious. |