verify

English

Etymology

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“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.
- 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
  "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."
(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)
Hindi: परखना (hi) (parakhnā), जाँचना (hi) (jā̃cnā)
Hungarian: bizonyít (hu), bebizonyít (hu), igazol (hu), hitelesít (hu), alátámaszt (hu), verifikál (hu) (law)
Ido: verigar (io)
Indonesian: membuktikan (id), buktikan (id), memverifikasi, melakukan verifikasi
Latin: vērificō
Malay: membuktikan
Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (yargiyalambi)
Māori: whakatūturu, manatoko, hāpono
Persian: ثابت کردن (fa) (sâbet kardan)
Polish: weryfikować (pl) impf, zweryfikować (pl) pf, potwierdzać (pl) impf, potwierdzić (pl) pf
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)
Tagalog: magpatunay, ipatunay, magpatotoo, ipatotoo, magberipika, beripikahin
Turkish: doğrulamak (tr)
Ukrainian: підтве́рджувати impf (pidtvérdžuvaty), підтве́рдити pf (pidtvérdyty), засві́дчувати impf (zasvídčuvaty), засві́дчити pf (zasvídčyty)
Urdu: ثابت کرنا (sābit karnā)
Vietnamese: xác minh (vi) (確明), xác thực (vi) (確實), chứng thực (vi) (證實), kiểm chứng (vi) (檢證)

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)
Hindi: परखना (hi) (parakhnā), जाँचना (hi) (jā̃cnā)
Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu), megvizsgál (hu), verifikál (hu)
Khmer: ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់ (phtiəng-phtŏət)
Latin: verifico
Māori: manatoko
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: تایید کردن (tâyid kardan), درستجیدن
Polish: sprawdzać (pl) impf, sprawdzić (pl) pf, weryfikować (pl) impf, zweryfikować (pl) pf
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
Ukrainian: перевіря́ти (uk) impf (perevirjáty), переві́рити (uk) pf (perevíryty), верифікува́ти impf or pf (veryfikuváty)
Urdu: تصدیق کرنا (tasdīq karnā)
Vietnamese: xác minh (vi) (確明), xác thực (vi) (確實), chứng thực (vi) (證實), kiểm chứng (vi) (檢證)
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)
Vietnamese: xác nhận (vi) (確認)

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Translations to be checked

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