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English

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Etymology

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From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
   • 1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67:In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.
3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

Derived terms

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• reverify
• self-verified
• unverified
• verifiable
• verification
• voice verify

Related terms

[edit] English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁- (0 c, 22 e)

Translations

[edit] to substantiate or prove the truth of something

Arabic: أَكَّدَ (ar) (ʔakkada) Bulgarian: проверявам (bg) (proverjavam) Esperanto: kontroli, verigi Finnish: tarkistaa (fi), varmistaa (fi), todentaa (fi), verifioida Galician: verificar (gl) Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), დადასტურება (dadasṭureba) German: belegen (de), beweisen (de), verifizieren (de) Greek: το να αποδεικνύεις οτι κάτι είναι αληθές (to na apodeiknýeis oti káti eínai alithés) Hebrew: וידא (vidé) Hindi: परखना (hi) (parakhnā), जाँचना (hi) (jā̃cnā) Hungarian: bizonyít (hu), bebizonyít (hu), igazol (hu), hitelesít (hu), alátámaszt (hu), verifikál (hu) (law) Ido: verigar (io) Indonesian: membuktikan (id), buktikan (id), memverifikasi, melakukan verifikasi Latin: vērificō Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (yargiyalambi) Malay: membuktikan Maori: whakatūturu, manatoko, hāpono Persian: ثابت کردن (fa) (sâbet kardan) Polish: weryfikować (pl) impf, zweryfikować (pl) pf, potwierdzać (pl) impf, potwierdzić (pl) pf Portuguese: verificar (pt) Romanian: verifica (ro) Russian: дока́зывать (ru) impf (dokázyvatʹ), доказа́ть (ru) pf (dokazátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: verificirati (sh) Spanish: verificar (es) Swedish: verifiera (sv), bekräfta (sv) Tagalog: magpatunay, ipatunay, magpatotoo, ipatotoo, magberipika, beripikahin Turkish: doğrulamak (tr) Ukrainian: підтве́рджувати impf (pidtvérdžuvaty), підтве́рдити pf (pidtvérdyty), засві́дчувати impf (zasvídčuvaty), засві́дчити pf (zasvídčyty) Urdu: ثابت کرنا (sābit karnā) Vietnamese: xác minh (vi) (確明), xác thực (vi) (確實), chứng thực (vi) (證實), kiểm chứng (vi) (檢證)

to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something

Arabic: حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: egiaztatu (eu) Bulgarian: потвърждавам (bg) (potvǎrždavam) Chinese: Mandarin: 校驗 / 校验 (zh) (jiàoyàn), 驗證 / 验证 (zh) (yànzhèng) Czech: ověřit (cs) Esperanto: kontroli, verigi Finnish: vahvistaa (fi), todentaa (fi), verifioida French: vérifier (fr) Galician: verificar (gl) Georgian: შემოწმება (šemoc̣meba), გადამოწმება (gadamoc̣meba) German: überprüfen (de), verifizieren (de) Greek: επαληθεύω (el) (epalithévo) Hebrew: וידא (vidé) Hindi: परखना (hi) (parakhnā), जाँचना (hi) (jā̃cnā) Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu), megvizsgál (hu), verifikál (hu) Khmer: ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់ (phtiəng-phtŏət) Latin: verifico Maori: manatoko Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: تایید کردن (tâyid kardan), درستجیدن Polish: sprawdzać (pl) impf, sprawdzić (pl) pf, weryfikować (pl) impf, zweryfikować (pl) pf Portuguese: verificar (pt), confirmar (pt), constatar (pt) Romanian: verifica (ro) Russian: проверя́ть (ru) impf (proverjátʹ), прове́рить (ru) pf (provéritʹ) Serbo-Croatian: verificirati (sh), ovjeroviti (sh) Spanish: verificar (es) Swedish: verifiera (sv), kontrollera (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: перевіря́ти (uk) impf (perevirjáty), переві́рити (uk) pf (perevíryty), верифікува́ти impf or pf (veryfikuváty) Urdu: تصدیق کرنا (tasdīq karnā) Vietnamese: xác minh (vi) (確明), xác thực (vi) (確實), chứng thực (vi) (證實), kiểm chứng (vi) (檢證) Walloon: aveuri (wa), acertiner (wa)

law: to affirm something formally, under oath

Arabic: شَهِدَ (ar) (šahida) Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) (udostoverjavam) Finnish: vahvistaa (fi), vannoa (fi) German: beglaubigen (de) Hungarian: (please verify) kijelent (hu) Persian: تایید کردن (tâyid kardan) Portuguese: constatar (pt) Russian: удостоверя́ть (ru) impf (udostoverjátʹ), удостове́рить (ru) pf (udostovéritʹ), заверя́ть (ru) impf (zaverjátʹ), заве́рить (ru) pf (zavéritʹ), подтвержда́ть (ru) impf (podtverždátʹ), подтверди́ть (ru) pf (podtverdítʹ) Swedish: verifiera (sv), attestera (sv), vidimera (sv) Urdu: گواہی دینا (gavāhī dēnā), شاہد ہونا (shāhid honā) Vietnamese: xác nhận (vi) (確認)

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Indonesian: (please verify) Periksa (id) Manx: (please verify) shickyree Spanish: (please verify) constatar (es)

Further reading

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• “verify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “verify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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