verify
/'verifai/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To confirm the truth or accuracy of something: To establish that something is true, correct, or genuine through investigation, evidence, or comparison.
- To check or regulate by comparison with a standard: To test or adjust something, especially in a scientific or technical context, by comparing it to an established model or parallel test.
- To affirm formally or legally: To declare something to be true in a solemn or official manner, often by appending a formal attestation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Please verify your email address by clicking the link we sent. (To confirm accuracy)
- The technician will verify the machine's calibration against the standard. (To check by comparison)
- The notary public verified the signature on the document. (To affirm formally)
Advanced Usage
"to verify against": to check for accuracy by comparing with a source or standard.
- The software verifies the user's password against the encrypted database record.
"to verify the integrity of": to confirm that something is complete, unaltered, and functioning correctly.
- The system automatically verifies the integrity of the downloaded files.
In legal contexts: Refers to the formal process of confirming the truth of a statement in a pleading or petition.
- The attorney must verify the complaint before filing it with the court.
Variants and Related Words
Verification (n): The process or act of verifying; confirmation.
- The verification of your identity is required.
Verifiable (adj): Capable of being proven true or accurate.
- We need verifiable data to support the hypothesis.
Verifier (n): A person or thing that verifies.
- The algorithm acts as a verifier of digital signatures.
Synonyms
- Confirm: To establish the truth or correctness of something.
- Validate: To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.
- Authenticate: To prove that something is genuine, real, or true.
- Corroborate: To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
- Verify with: To confirm something by consulting a specific person or source.
- You should verify the meeting time with the manager.
Related Idioms
- To take (something) on verification: To accept something provisionally, pending confirmation of its truth.
- I'll take that figure on verification, but I need to see the source data.
Verb
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- Are you controlling for the temperature?
- confirm the truth of
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim