"verify" meaning in English

See verify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛrɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verify.wav [UK] Forms: verify [canonical], verifies [third-person, singular], verified [past], verified [past, participle], verifying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|verif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To verify something is to get evidence to show that it is true.
    Sense id: simple-verify-en-verb-VRkiVhx5
     
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      "form": "verify",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verified",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verifying",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verif",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My receipts verified that I had always paid my telephone bills."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To verify something is to get evidence to show that it is true."
      ],
      "id": "simple-verify-en-verb-VRkiVhx5"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛrɪfaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verify.wav",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "verify"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "verify",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verifies",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verified",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verifying",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verif",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My receipts verified that I had always paid my telephone bills."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To verify something is to get evidence to show that it is true."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛrɪfaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verify.wav",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "verify"
}

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