verify

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

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

(transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
(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.
(transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

Derived terms

Translations

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)
Hungarian: bizonyít (hu), bebizonyít (hu), igazol (hu), hitelesít (hu), alátámaszt (hu)
Ido: verigar (io)
Latin: verifico
Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (yargiyalambi)
Maori: whakatūturu, manatoko
Persian: ثابت کردن (fa) (sâbet kardan)
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)
Turkish: doğrulamak (tr)
Urdu: ثابت کرنا (sābit karnā)

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)
Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu), megvizsgál (hu), verifikál (hu)
Khmer: ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់ (phtiəng-phtŏət)
Latin: verifico
Maori: manatoko
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: تایید کردن (tâyid kardan), درستجیدن (fa)
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
Urdu: تصدیق کرنا (tasdīq karnā)
Vietnamese: kiểm chứng (vi)
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)

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Translations to be checked

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