| 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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