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VERIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: verified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confirm the truth of

Example:

verify a claim

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "verify" is one way to...):

affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verify"):

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)

ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)

check (verify by consulting a source or authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

verifiable (capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation)

verifiable (capable of being verified)

verification (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct)

verificatory (serving to support or corroborate)

verifier (someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Example:

Before God I swear I am innocent

Synonyms:

affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "verify" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verify"):

hold (assert or affirm)

claim; take (lay claim to; as of an idea)

attest (authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity)

declare (state firmly)

protest (affirm or avow formally or solemnly)

assure; tell (inform positively and with certainty and confidence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "verify" is one way to...):

confirm; reassert (strengthen or make more firm)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

verification ((law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

Example:

Are you controlling for the temperature?

Synonyms:

control; verify

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "verify" is one way to...):

essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

Verb group:

ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)

Domain category:

science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now, one of the key components of the planet's clouds has finally been verified.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)

Testing the blood for free fatty acids could help doctors verify if children fasted before undergoing tests for diabetes or other medical conditions.

(Researchers identify method to verify if children fasted before medical testing, National Institutes of Health)

The act of inspecting or verifying.

(Check, NCI Thesaurus)

Device problems that result from the failure to maintain or establish techniques for controlling and verifying the product specifications identified by the manufacturer.

(Device Quality Control Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Information from provider and not independently verified by NIH: Undergoing characterization.

(ES05, NCI Thesaurus)

It could refer to the temporal, or sequential relationship, or indicate that a test was performed to verify another test result, or designate that a test is a component of a test panel.

(Observation Result Relationship Comment, NCI Thesaurus)

The process by which a piece of equipment is verified that it performs according to its specifications.

(Equipment Qualification, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): On-hold, Accepted, Rejected, Abstracted, Abstraction Verified, Abstraction not verified.

(Document Version Workflow Status Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Tests performed to verify a device's level of protection (immunity) against magnetic disturbances while operating.

(Device Power Frequency Magnetic Field Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Verifying this temperature difference was key for vetting Hubble's no-water result, because a uniform atmosphere can also mask the signatures of water molecules.

(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)