MEANING
Check a statement, result or identity against evidence or a reliable procedure to determine whether it is accurate or genuine.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- verify a claim
- verify identity
- independently verify
On the page
The researchers verified the dates against the original field notebooks rather than a later summary.
No second observer could verify the reported change because the raw measurements were unavailable.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- verify
- Past tense
- verified
- Past participle
- verified
- Present participle
- verifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- verify
- Present continuous
- am/is/are verifying
- Present perfect
- have/has verified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been verifying
- Past
- verified
- Past continuous
- was/were verifying
- Past perfect
- had verified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been verifying
- Future
- will verify
- Future continuous
- will be verifying
- Future perfect
- will have verified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been verifying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: verify; verifies; verified; verified; verifying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, verification. Disciplines: general academic writing. Commonness: common. Third-person singular: verifies.
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