VERB | cognition | verify | confirm the truth of |
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social | verify, control | check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | |
communication | verify | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) | |
communication | verify, affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Sounds | veh'rahfay. | |
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Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... |
Meaning | confirm the truth of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Examples |
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Entailed by | authenticate | Establish the authenticity of something |
Narrower | check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick | put a check mark on or near or next to |
check | verify by consulting a source or authority | |
see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something | |
Broader | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
Spanish | comprobar, verificar | |
Catalan | verificar | |
Adjectives | verifiable | capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation |
verifiable | capable of being verified | |
verificatory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate | |
Nouns | verification | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
verifier | someone who vouches / vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement |
Meaning | Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | control | |
Category | science, scientific discipline | A particular branch of scientific knowledge |
Broader | test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to |
Similar to | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something |
Spanish | comprobar, controlar, verificar | |
Catalan | verificar |
Meaning | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm |
Spanish | verificar | |
Catalan | verificar | |
Nouns | verification | (law) an affidavit attached to a statement / statement confirming the truth of that statement / statement |
Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonyms | affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear | |
Narrower | assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence |
attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | |
claim, take | lay claim to | |
declare | state firmly | |
hold | assert or affirm | |
protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly | |
Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
Spanish | afirmar, asegurar, aseverar, atestar, certificar, corroborar, garantizar, jurar, testimoniar, verificar | |
Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, corroborar, jurar, verificar |
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