verify

CEFRB2

/ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To check that something is true, correct, or real.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To affirm something formally, under oath.

Examples

  • You can verify your balance on the bank's site.

  • Can anyone verify that?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.

  2. To substantiate or prove the truth of something.

More examples

In context

  • In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.

  • "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."

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Origin

verb

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