Verify

Definitions: Verify

Verify

Verb

1. Confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim".

2. Verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments: "Are you controlling for the temperature?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "verify" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Synonym: Verify

Accounts

Audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts.

Demonstration

Verb: demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest; (be evidence of); confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify; settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest.

Discovery

Recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify.

Evidence

Have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book.

Experiment

Verb: experiment; essay; (endeavor); try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin; test fly.

Crosswords: Verify

My wife can verify that. (The Out-of-Towners; writing credit: Neil Simon)

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Books

• Control but verify : verification and the new non-proliferation agenda (reference)

• Reversing the Arms Race: How to Achieve and Verify Deep Reductions in the Nuclear Arsenals (Science and Global Security Monograph Series, Vol 1) (reference)

• Testing to Verify Design and Manufacturing Readiness (Practical Engineering Guides for Managing Risks) (reference)

• Verify Those Credentials: Do You Know Who You Are Dealing With? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Trust And Verify (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• IC Verify 6.62 (reference)

• IC Verify Version 2.2 (4-user) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Master Sergeant Gayle Thomas and Hiroe Aoki, both members of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Japan, use a centralized disbursing system to verify yen payments to local vendors here. The mission of DFAS-J is to provide finance and accounting ser.

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The defaulting Government may at any time inform the Governing Body that it has taken the steps necessary to comply with the recommendations of the Commission of Enquiry or with those in the decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice, as the case may be, and may request it to apply to the Secretary-General of the League to constitute a Commission of Enquiry to verify its contention. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The reader will verify it, if he chooses to take the trouble.

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Health

The requirement for an "average daily activity below 50%" was eliminated because this level of impairment is difficult to verify. (references)

To verify the link between the number of CAG repeats in the HD gene and the age at onset of symptoms, scientists studied a boy who developed HD symptoms at the age of two, one of the youngest and most severe cases ever recorded. (references)

Business

Contractors must ask the DOD Defense Security Service to verify clearances to the ODC in Denmark before scheduling any visits to Materiel Commands or military installations in Denmark. (references)

Children

Malaysia

By year's end, it was not possible to verify whether building by-laws had been amended. (references)

Malaysia

In December 1999, Zaleha reportedly stated that "all buildings" would be made accessible to persons with disabilities within 2 years, although it is not possible to verify that all buildings are accessible to persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Lebanon

The Surete Generale informed Kassir that it was attempting to verify the circumstances under which he obtained his passport. (references)

Economic History

Spain

The aim is to verify the purpose of the investment. (references)

Chad

Corruption is a persistent and widespread problem in Chad, but it is difficult to detect or verify. (references)

Cambodia

These withdrawals continued over the next 2 years, although actual numbers were difficult to verify. (references)

Human Rights

Vietnam

However, many of the names included on these lists are difficult to verify. (references)

Algeria

There was no independent mechanism available to verify the Government's claim. (references)

Congo

Specific incidences of violence were difficult to verify due to the general unrest in the region. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

In late December 2000, the two countries agreed upon a system to verify the nationality of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal in preparation for their return to the country. (references)

Political Economy

NICARAGUA

Nonetheless, potential investors must carefully verify property titles before purchase. (references)

Political Rights

Gabon

In October 1998, the representatives of three major opposition parties withdrew from the NEC to protest their inability to verify the accuracy of voter registration lists. (references)

Trade

Ecuador

The customs house receiving the incoming merchandise will verify the contents of this document. (references)

Guinea

After customs declaration and prior to clearance, importers must verify the value of goods imported. (references)

Bolivia

Three samples of the product, as sold to the public, must be provided so the National Laboratory (INLASA) can verify its content. (references)

Women

Malaysia

According to an online resource, Muslim women have previously been fired in Kelantan for not wearing a head covering, although independent sources were unable to verify this report. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

However, the JFCA rejected the proposal to employ a secret ballot, citing that its use would be onerous and make it impossible to verify that workers had standing to vote. (references)

Tunisia

The minimum age for hazardous work is 18. Inspectors of the Ministry of Social Affairs examine the records of employees to verify that employers comply with the minimum age law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "verify": verify accounts ♦ verify direction of takeoff. Additional references.

Ending with "verify": copy-and-verify.

Afrikaan

kontroleer (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

Albanian

verifikoj (check, check up, control, crosscheck), vërtetoj (acknowledge, attest, authenticate, avouch, certify, confirm, confirm a piece of news, corroborate, demonstrate, document, doom, endorse, establish, evince, indorse, justify, make certain, make good, prove, validate), kontrolloj (check, control, examine, go through, guard, inspect, look over, make certain, master, perambulate, peruse, probe, ransack, review, revise, search, superintend, supervise, take charge of, take stock, watch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحقق من, ‏أكد صحة شىء ما, ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, warrant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уверявам достоверността на нещо, проверявам (check, check up, prove, revise, ride herd on, see), потвърждавам (accredit, acknowledge, affirm, bear out, certify, clench, corroborate, endorse, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, speak to, substantiate, support, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, vindicate, vouch, warrant), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, weigh in with), изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fill, fulfil, fulfill, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy), давам показания под клетва (depose). (various references)

Chinese 

証實 , 確認 (confirm), � �实 (Verified, Verifying). (various references)

Czech

verifikovat, potvrdit (acknowledge, affirm, approve, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, establish, ratify, testify, to confirm, uphold, validate), přezkoušet (check, re-examine), ovìřit si (check smth. out). (various references)

Danish

kontrolere (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

Dutch

controleren (audit, check, check up on, checking, supervise), checken (audit, check, check up on, supervise), aflezen (audit, check, check up on, measure, read, read off, read out, supervise). (various references)

Esperanto

kontroli (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

Faeroese

kanna (accredit, audit, check, check up on, examine, explore, investigate, jug, pitcher, research, study, supervise), hava eftirlit við (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

Farsi 

ممیزی کردن (Survey), تحقیق کردن (Assay, Inquire, Interrogate, Investigate, Question), صحت وسقم امری رامعلوم کردن , رسیدگی کردن (Attend, Audit, Check, Inquire, Inspect, Supervise). (various references)

Finnish

tarkastaa (audit, check, check up on, examine, go through, inspect, look over, observe, review, revise, supervise, test, to audit, to carry out inspection, watch). (various references)

French

vérifier (to verify, vet). (various references)

Frisian

kontrolearje (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

German

prüfen (afflict, assay, attempt, audit, canvass, check, consider, examine, Gage, gauge, inspect, look at, look into, monitor, peruse, prove, proved, question, quiz, review, scrutinize, see into, study, test, to audit, to canvass, to examine, to peruse, to review, to test, to try, try, try out, validate, verifying), nachweisen (account for, detect, identify, prove, to account for), bestätigen (acknowledge, affirm, assure, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, confirms, corroborate, countersign, endorse, guarantee, ratify, reaffirm, reassure, recognize, to affirm, to certify, to confirm, to indorse, to ratify, uphold, validate, witness). (various references)

Greek 

επαληθεύω (check up, control, prove true). (various references)

Hebrew 

לו�"א (ascertain, authenticate, certify, check up on, confirm, ensure, make certain, make sure), לאמת (ascertain, attest, authenticate, corroborate, prove true, substantiate, validate). (various references)

Hungarian

megerõsít (approve, attach, beef up, brace, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, defilade, depose, fasten, fix, fortify, harden, homologate, man, reinforce, strengthen, underpin, uphold, vouch), igazol (bear out, certify, justify, legitimate, prove, substantiate, to attest, to authenticate, to bear out, to confirm, to corroborate, to depose, to exculpate, to justify, to legitimate, to make good, to sanctificate, to sanctify, to substantiate, to support, to verify, to vindicate, to warrant), hitelesít (authenticate, calibrate, certify, corroborate, legalise, legalize, standardize, to attest, to authenticate, to calibrate, to certify, to check, to corroborate, to notarize, to seal, to test, to true, to true up), ellenõriz (check, check up on, control, inspect, keep under control, monitor, oversee). (various references)

Indonesian

menjabarkan (enlighten), menguji (assay, test), dengan sesungguhnya. (various references)

Italian

verificare (ascertain, audit, check, check up on, checkout, come true, control, happen, overhaul, predictate, prove, supervise, toggle, try), controllare (audit, check, check up on, command, control, control oneself, examine, govern, inspect, monitor, overlook, school, supervise, vet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ベ�"ー箪笥 (baby doll, balcony, belly dance, belly roll, Beloruss, beryllium, small-sized wardrobe, verandah, verification card, verifier, volume). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ベリファイ . (various references)

Korean 

확인하십시�" (Authenticate, Confirm, identify). (various references)

Manx

shickyraghey (affirm, affirmation, assure, certify, certifying, convince, ensure, make sure, ratification, ratify, ratifying, secure, vouch), jarrooaghey (attest, attestation, certify, certifying), firrinaghey (authenticate, authentication, confirm, confirmation, make sure, verification), feerey (affirm), feeraghey (authenticate, authentication, certify, confirm, confirmation). (various references)

Maya

haahtal (to verify). (various references)

Papiamen

kontrolá (audit, check, check up on, supervise), chèk (audit, check, check up on, cheque, supervise). (various references)

Pig Latin

erifyvay

Portuguese

verificar (ascertain, check, confirm, control, establish, examine, find, hold up, inspect, muster, overhaul, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, see, take note, test, to verify), supervisionar (overlook, supervise), inspecionar (examine, inspect, look about, overhaul, overlook, oversee, perambulate, review, supervise, survey, view), fiscalizar (check, invigorate, police, superintend, supervise), examinar (assay, canvass, catechize, check, check up on, cross, discussion, enquire, examine, explore, eye drops, go over, have out, inquire, inspect, look, look over, look through, overhaul, peruse, probe, question, quiz, run over, scan, test, traverse, turn out, vet, view), conferir (accord, accredit, bestow, check, check over, collate, compare, confer, grant, supervise), comprovar (aver, prove, testify), averiguar (ascertain, enquire, examine, explore the cause of the problem, inquire, investigate). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

verificar (to verify). (various references)

Romanian

verifica (check, control, examine, go over, prove, screen, test), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, nail down, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state), examina (canvass, comb, consider, contemplate, debate, examine, explore, go over, inspect, investigate, look at, look over, observe, overhaul, overlook, peer, pry into, quiz, review, scout, scrutinize, search, study, talk over, view, visit, weigh), dovedi (accomplish, argue, attest, authenticate, aver, confirm, demonstrate, educe, establish, evidence, evince, furnish evidence of, make good, make out, manifest, overbear, prove, show, substantiate, witness), controla (audit, check, control, direct, examine, govern, inspect, intercept, observe, oversee, prove, restrain, rule, sift, supervise, test), confirma (acknowledge, affirm, bear out, confirm, corroborate, establish, fortify, homologate, justify, receipt, sanction, strengthen, validate, vouch, witness), adeveri (acknowledge, attest, avouch, certify, confirm, corroborate, fortify, justify, seal, substantiate, test, testify, vouch, warrant, witness). (various references)

Russian 

удостоверять (attest, authenticate, bear witness, certificate, certify, prove), проверять (check, check in, check to see, check up, control, inspect, look past, monitoring, prove, revise, test, verifying), подтверждать (acknowledge, acknowledge by, affirm, attest, bear out, confirm, corroborate, corroboratory, endorse, indorse, instantiate, prove out, reaffirm, re-affirm, reassert, vouch, warrant, write to acknowledge), исполнять (answer, comply, do, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, perform). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

verifikovati, proveriti (audit, check, check on, check out, check over, double check, screen, sift, test), potvrditi (acknowledge, affirm, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, sanction, substantiate, validate). (various references)

Spanish

controlar (audit, censor, censure, check, check up on, control, direct, get under, monitor, supervise, talk down, talk through), revisar (audit, check, check over, check up on, examine, go over, inspect, look at, look over, overhaul, review, revise, service, supervise, vet), registrar (audit, check, check up on, clock, enrol, enroll, enter, examine, file, inspect, list, look through, minute, record, register, ring up, schedule, search, show, supervise, tackle, write down). (various references)

Swedish

verifiera (to authenticate), pröva (assay, essay, examine, sample, test, try), kontrollera (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, control, go over, inspect, monitor, screen, supervise, to carry out inspection, visit), besanna. (various references)

Turkish

soruşturmak (ascertain, check out, check up, enquire, inquire, inquire into, investigate, make inquiries, probe), onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, visa, vise, vouch, witness), kanıtlamak (attest, attest to, aver, be contented with, certify, demonstrate, document, establish, evidence, make smth. stick, prove, shore, show, stamp, stand, substantiate, support), gerçekleştirmek (achieve, actualize, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute, follow out, follow through, make real, materialize, practice, practise, put into practice, realize, substantiate), doğrulamak (affirm, attest, avouch, bear out, certify, confirm, correct, corroborate, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, sustain, testify, vouch). (various references)

Ukranian 

вивіряти (calibrate, regulate), підтверджувати (acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, avouch, avow, bear out, carry, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, vouch), перевіряти (approve, audit, calibrate, check, edit, overhaul, prove, review, revise, scan). (various references)

Welsh

gwirio (affirm, attest, aver, avouch), gwireddu (substantiate). (various references)

Zulu

ukuhlola (audit, check, check up on, supervise). (various references)

conperi, conperit, conperto, verus. (various references)

verificare. (various references)

averer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "verify": verifying. (additional references)

Words ending with "verify": reverify. (additional references)

Words containing "verify": reverifying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Verify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vaif, variefy, vegify, veray, verfy, veri, veriafy, verif, verifie, verifys, vetrify, vinify. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fiery, fiver, reify.

-2 letters: fire, five, reif, rife, rive, very, vier.

-3 letters: fer, fey, fie, fir, fry, ire, ivy, ref, rei, rev, rif, rye, vie.

-4 letters: ef, er, if, re, ye.

+1 letter: verbify, versify.

+2 letters: fervidly, reverify, revivify.

+3 letters: devitrify, diversify, furtively, verifying.

+4 letters: feverishly, overflying, verbifying, versifying.

+5 letters: formatively, reflexively, reflexivity, reverifying, revivifying.

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