VERIFY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of verify in English verifyverb [ T ] uk /ˈver.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈver.ə.faɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list C1 to prove that something exists or is true, or to make certain that something is correct: Are you able to verify your account/allegation/report/theory? These numbers are surprisingly high and they'll have to be verified. [ + (that) ] Under interrogation, she verified (that) the tapes were authentic. Proving and disproving

• acid test
• actions speak louder than words idiom
• age verification
• anti-sexist
• attest
• demonstrability
• demonstrable
• demonstrably
• demonstration of something
• dispel
• missing link
• nail a lie idiom
• non-documentary
• non-evidence
• probatory
• unsubstantiated
• untestable
• verification
• vindicate
• vindication

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verification (Definition of verify from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

verify | American Dictionary

verifyverb [ T ] us /ˈver·əˌfɑɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list to make certain or prove that something is true or accurate: The report could not immediately be verified. [ + (that) clause ] Tests verified (that) Beck had torn a shoulder muscle. (Definition of verify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

verify | Business English

verifyverb [ T ] uk /ˈverɪfaɪ/ us Add to word list Add to word list to check or prove that something is correct or true: States must verify applicants' citizenship status. The results will need to be independently verified by experts.verify that Regulators used data supplied by the casinos to verify that the amounts were accurate. (Definition of verify from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of verify

verify In the present work we wanted to verify whether oocytes recovered from preantral follicles were able to acquire calcium activity during follicle culture. From the Cambridge English Corpus These experiments demonstrated good transport properties and verified the theoretical modeling. From the Cambridge English Corpus This observation is easy to verify by checking all possibilities. From the Cambridge English Corpus The concept of steady state has often been used in the past to verify long-term model reliability. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the case of timber, world and domestic prices are holding steady, or declining, while logging costs are rising as verified by field interviews. From the Cambridge English Corpus This fact must be verified for the safety of the programs. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our first step was simply to verify that the letter n-gram methods do in fact work for large samples of text. From the Cambridge English Corpus The effectiveness and robustness characteristics of our proposed method were verified successfully in both simulations and experiments. From the Cambridge English Corpus Her sample of progressive constructions seems to verify this hypothesis for the eighteenth century. From the Cambridge English Corpus If this is confirmed after the impact equations are solved, the assumption is verified. From the Cambridge English Corpus Assuming that some simple conditions are verified, a quantitative analysis of the atomic species constituting a sample is possible, without the need for calibration curves. From the Cambridge English Corpus We also verify the existence of a positive relationship between size and fecundity for the 3 helminth species in our study. From the Cambridge English Corpus That is why all presented estimations are verified with robust regressions using a modified maximum likelihood estimator, which accounts for non-normally distributed data. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is easily verified because the statement holds for the equations in the aforementioned table, and is preserved by the rules of equational deduction. From the Cambridge English Corpus One is to verify whether the number of co-occurrences of different species differs from what would be expected by chance alone. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of verify?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 證明, 證實… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 证明, 证实… See more in Spanish confirmar, verificar… See more in Portuguese confirmar, verificar… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish सत्यता पडताळून पाहणे… See more doğrulamak, teyit etmek, tasdik etmek… See more vérifier, contrôler… See more 証明（しょうめい）する… See more bevestigen… See more ஏதோ ஒன்று இருக்கிறது அல்லது உண்மை என்பதை நிரூபிப்பது, அல்லது ஒன்று சரியானது என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்துவது… See more सत्यापित करना, प्रमाणित करना, जाँचना… See more ખરાઈ, ચકાસણી કરવી, પ્રમાણિત કરવું… See more bekræfte… See more bekräfta, bestyrka, verifiera… See more menentusahkan… See more bestätigen, beglaubigen… See more verifisere, bekrefte, etterprøve… See more تصدیق کرنا, توثیق کرنا, درست ثابت کرنا… See more перевіряти… See more ఏదైనా ఉనికిలో ఉంది అని లేదా నిజం అని నిరూపించు, లేదా ఏదైనా సరైనదని నిర్ధారించు… See more যাচাই… See more ověřit… See more mengukuhkan… See more พิสูจน์ว่าเป็นความจริง… See more thẩm tra, xác minh… See more potwierdzać, weryfikować, potwierdzić… See more Need a translator?

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