"verify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verify.wav Forms: verifies [present, singular, third-person], verifying [participle, present], verified [participle, past], verified [past]
Etymology: From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₁-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{der|en|fro|verifier}} Old French verifier, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|vērus||true}} Latin vērus (“true”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)
  1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something. Tags: transitive Translations (to substantiate or prove the truth of something): أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada) (Arabic), проверявам (proverjavam) (Bulgarian), kontroli (Esperanto), verigi (Esperanto), tarkistaa (Finnish), varmistaa (Finnish), todentaa (Finnish), verifioida (Finnish), verificar (Galician), დამოწმება (damoc̣meba) (Georgian), დადასტურება (dadasṭureba) (Georgian), belegen (German), beweisen (German), verifizieren (German), וידא (vidé) (Hebrew), bizonyít (Hungarian), bebizonyít (Hungarian), igazol (Hungarian), hitelesít (Hungarian), alátámaszt (Hungarian), verigar (Ido), verifico (Latin), ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (yargiyalambi) (Manchu), whakatūturu (Maori), manatoko (Maori), ثابت کردن (sâbet kardan) (Persian), verificar (Portuguese), verifica (Romanian), дока́зывать (dokázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), доказа́ть (dokazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), verificirati (Serbo-Croatian), verificar (Spanish), verifiera (Swedish), bekräfta (Swedish), doğrulamak (Turkish), ثابت کرنا (sābit karnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-verify-en-verb-zZjavIfR Disambiguation of 'to substantiate or prove the truth of something': 95 4 1
  2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something. Tags: transitive Translations (to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something): حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa) (Arabic), egiaztatu (Basque), потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), 校驗 /校验 (jiàoyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 驗證 /验证 (yànzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), ověřit (Czech), kontroli (Esperanto), verigi (Esperanto), vahvistaa (Finnish), todentaa (Finnish), verifioida (Finnish), vérifier (French), verificar (Galician), შემოწმება (šemoc̣meba) (Georgian), გადამოწმება (gadamoc̣meba) (Georgian), überprüfen (German), verifizieren (German), επαληθεύω (epalithévo) (Greek), וידא (vidé) (Hebrew), ellenőriz (Hungarian), megvizsgál (Hungarian), verifikál (Hungarian), ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់ (phtiəng-phtŏət) (Khmer), verifico (Latin), manatoko (Maori), تایید کردن (tâyid kardan) (Persian), درستجیدن (Persian), verificar (Portuguese), confirmar (Portuguese), constatar (Portuguese), verifica (Romanian), проверя́ть (proverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прове́рить (provéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), verificirati (Serbo-Croatian), ovjeroviti (Serbo-Croatian), verificar (Spanish), verifiera (Swedish), kontrollera (Swedish), تصدیق کرنا (tasdīq karnā) (Urdu), kiểm chứng (Vietnamese), aveuri (Walloon), acertiner (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-verify-en-verb-K0k1rrp1 Disambiguation of 'to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something': 4 94 2
  3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: to affirm something formally, under oath): شَهِدَ (šahida) (Arabic), удостоверявам (udostoverjavam) (Bulgarian), vahvistaa (Finnish), vannoa (Finnish), beglaubigen (German), تایید کردن (tâyid kardan) (Persian), constatar (Portuguese), удостоверя́ть (udostoverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), удостове́рить (udostovéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заверя́ть (zaverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заве́рить (zavéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подтверди́ть (podtverdítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), verifiera (Swedish), attestera (Swedish), vidimera (Swedish), گواہی دینا (gavāhī dēnā) (Urdu), شاہد ہونا (shāhid honā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-verify-en-verb-Aesz6Sbr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manchu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 5 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 6 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 11 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 7 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 7 6 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Manchu translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 8 8 84 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: to affirm something formally, under oath': 1 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reverify, self-verified, unverified, verifiable, verification, voice verify

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Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something."
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          "word": "kontroli"
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          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "tarkistaa"
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          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "varmistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "todentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verifioida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "damoc̣meba",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "დამოწმება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dadasṭureba",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "დადასტურება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "belegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "beweisen"
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        {
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verifizieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "note": "το να αποδεικνύεις οτι κάτι είναι αληθές",
          "roman": "to na apodeiknýeis oti káti eínai alithés",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "vidé",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "וידא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "bizonyít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "bebizonyít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "igazol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "hitelesít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "alátámaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verifico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "yargiyalambi",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "whakatūturu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "manatoko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâbet kardan",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "ثابت کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verifica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dokázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "дока́зывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dokazátʹ",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "доказа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verificirati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "verifiera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "bekräfta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "doğrulamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sābit karnā",
          "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
          "word": "ثابت کرنا"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67:",
          "text": "In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-verify-en-verb-K0k1rrp1",
      "links": [
        [
          "confirm",
          "confirm"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "accuracy",
          "accuracy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaqqaqa",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "حَقَّقَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "egiaztatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "potvǎrždavam",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "потвърждавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiàoyàn",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "校驗 /校验"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yànzhèng",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "驗證 /验证"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "ověřit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "kontroli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "verigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "vahvistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "todentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "verifioida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "vérifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "verificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šemoc̣meba",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "შემოწმება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadamoc̣meba",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "გადამოწმება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "überprüfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "verifizieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epalithévo",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "επαληθεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "vidé",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "וידא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "ellenőriz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
          "word": "megvizsgál"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔakkada",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "أَكَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proverjavam",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "проверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "kontroli"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "tarkistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "varmistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "todentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verifioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "damoc̣meba",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "დამოწმება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dadasṭureba",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "დადასტურება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "belegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "beweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "το να αποδεικνύεις οτι κάτι είναι αληθές",
      "roman": "to na apodeiknýeis oti káti eínai alithés",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "vidé",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "וידא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "bizonyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "bebizonyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "igazol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "hitelesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "alátámaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "yargiyalambi",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "whakatūturu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "manatoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâbet kardan",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "ثابت کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dokázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дока́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dokazátʹ",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "доказа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verificirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "verifiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "bekräfta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "doğrulamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sābit karnā",
      "sense": "to substantiate or prove the truth of something",
      "word": "ثابت کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaqqaqa",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "حَقَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "egiaztatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "potvǎrždavam",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "потвърждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàoyàn",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "校驗 /校验"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yànzhèng",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "驗證 /验证"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "ověřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "kontroli"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "todentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "vérifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemoc̣meba",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "შემოწმება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadamoc̣meba",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "გადამოწმება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "überprüfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epalithévo",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "επαληθεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "vidé",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "וידא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "ellenőriz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "megvizsgál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phtiəng-phtŏət",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "manatoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâyid kardan",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "تایید کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "درستجیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "confirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "constatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proverjátʹ",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "проверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provéritʹ",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прове́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verificirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "ovjeroviti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "verifiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "kontrollera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tasdīq karnā",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "تصدیق کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "kiểm chứng"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "aveuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something",
      "word": "acertiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šahida",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "شَهِدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udostoverjavam",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "удостоверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "vannoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "beglaubigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâyid kardan",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "تایید کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "constatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udostoverjátʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удостоверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udostovéritʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удостове́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaverjátʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavéritʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заве́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtverždátʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подтвержда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtverdítʹ",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подтверди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "verifiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "attestera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "vidimera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gavāhī dēnā",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "گواہی دینا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "shāhid honā",
      "sense": "law: to affirm something formally, under oath",
      "word": "شاہد ہونا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verify"
}

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