English verb: verify | |||
1. | verify (cognition) confirm the truth of | ||
Samples | Please verify that the doors are closed. Verify a claim. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ascertain, assure, check, check, check, check off, control, ensure, insure, mark, mark off, see, see to it, tick, tick off | ||
2. | verify (social) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | ||
Samples | Are you controlling for the temperature?. | ||
Synonyms | control | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out | ||
Verb group | ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it | ||
Domain category | science, scientific discipline | ||
3. | verify (communication) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confirm, reassert | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
4. | verify (communication) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | ||
Samples | Before God I swear I am innocent. | ||
Synonyms | affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | declare | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assure, attest, claim, declare, hold, protest, take, tell | ||