Meanings
verbverify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)
present singular third person verifies · participle present verifying · participle past verified · past verified
- transitiveTo substantiate or prove the truth of something.
"It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcheck or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
verbto declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvērus“true”
- Old Frenchverifier
- Englishverify
From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَكَّدَ, حَقَّقَ
- أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- شَهِدَ (šahida)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
Basque egiaztatu
- egiaztatuto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Bulgarian проверявам, потвърждавам
- проверявам (proverjavam)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- потвърждавам (potvărždavam)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- удостоверявам (udostoverjavam)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
Chinese Mandarin 校驗 /校验, 驗證 /验证
- 校驗 /校验 (jiàoyàn)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- 驗證 /验证 (yànzhèng)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Czech ověřit
- ověřitto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Esperanto kontroli, verigi
- kontrolito substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verigito substantiate or prove the truth of something
- kontrolito confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- verigito confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Finnish tarkistaa, varmistaa
- tarkistaato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- varmistaato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- todentaato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verifioidato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- vahvistaato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- todentaato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- verifioidato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- vahvistaalaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
- vannoalaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
French vérifier
- vérifierto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
German belegen, beweisen
- belegento substantiate or prove the truth of something
- beweisento substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verifizierento substantiate or prove the truth of something
- überprüfento confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- verifizierento confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- beglaubigenlaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
Greek επαληθεύω
- επαληθεύω (epalithévo)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Hebrew וידא, וידא
- וידא (vidé)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- וידא (vidé)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Hindi परखना, जाँचना
- परखना (parakhnā)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- जाँचना (jā̃cnā)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- परखना (parakhnā)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- जाँचना (jā̃cnā)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Hungarian bizonyít, bebizonyít
- bizonyítto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- bebizonyítto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- igazolto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- hitelesítto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- alátámasztto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verifikálto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- ellenőrizto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- megvizsgálto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- verifikálto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Indonesian membuktikan, buktikan
- membuktikanto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- buktikanto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- memverifikasito substantiate or prove the truth of something
- melakukan verifikasito substantiate or prove the truth of something
Latin vērificō, verifico
- vērificōto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verificoto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Malay membuktikan
- membuktikanto substantiate or prove the truth of something
Māori whakatūturu, manatoko
- whakatūturuto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- manatokoto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- hāponoto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- manatokoto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Persian ثابت کردن, تایید کردن
- ثابت کردن (sâbet kardan)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- تایید کردن (tâyid kardan)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- درستجیدنto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- تایید کردن (tâyid kardan)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
Polish weryfikować, zweryfikować
- weryfikowaćto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- zweryfikowaćto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- potwierdzaćto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- potwierdzićto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- sprawdzaćto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- sprawdzićto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- weryfikowaćto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- zweryfikowaćto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Portuguese verificar, verificar
- verificarto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verificarto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- confirmarto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- constatarto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- constatarlaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
Romanian verifica, verifica
- verificato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verificato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Russian дока́зывать, доказа́ть
- дока́зывать (dokázyvatʹ)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- доказа́ть (dokazátʹ)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- проверя́ть (proverjátʹ)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- прове́рить (provéritʹ)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- удостоверя́ть (udostoverjátʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- удостове́рить (udostovéritʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- заверя́ть (zaverjátʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- заве́рить (zavéritʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- подтверди́ть (podtverdítʹ)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
Spanish verificar, verificar
- verificarto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verificarto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Swedish verifiera, bekräfta
- verifierato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- bekräftato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- verifierato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- kontrollerato confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- verifieralaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
- attesteralaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
- vidimeralaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
Tagalog magpatunay, ipatunay
- magpatunayto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- ipatunayto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- magpatotooto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- ipatotooto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- magberipikato substantiate or prove the truth of something
- beripikahinto substantiate or prove the truth of something
Turkish doğrulamak, doğrulamak
- doğrulamakto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- doğrulamakto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Ukrainian підтве́рджувати, підтве́рдити
- підтве́рджувати (pidtvérdžuvaty)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- підтве́рдити (pidtvérdyty)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- засві́дчувати (zasvídčuvaty)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- засві́дчити (zasvídčyty)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- перевіря́ти (perevirjáty)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- переві́рити (perevíryty)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- верифікува́ти (veryfikuváty)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Urdu ثابت کرنا, تصدیق کرنا
- ثابت کرنا (sābit karnā)to substantiate or prove the truth of something
- تصدیق کرنا (tasdīq karnā)to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- گواہی دینا (gavāhī dēnā)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
- شاہد ہونا (shāhid honā)law: to affirm something formally, under oath
Vietnamese xác minh, xác thực
- xác minhto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- xác thựcto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- chứng thựcto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- kiểm chứngto substantiate or prove the truth of something
- xác minhto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- xác thựcto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- chứng thựcto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- kiểm chứngto confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- xác nhậnlaw: to affirm something formally, under oath
Cite this entry
APA
verify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verify
MLA
“verify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verify.
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