Synonyms for verify
ˈvɛr əˌfaɪver·i·fy

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1. verify

   Synonyms:
   establish, confirm, fulfill, authenticate, substantiate, identify, realize, test, warrant, demonstrate

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, fail, falsify, mistake, misrepresent, misstate, disappoint, misdemonstrate

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1. verifyverb

   confirm the truth of

   "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

2. control, verifyverb

   check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

   "Are you controlling for the temperature?"

   Synonyms:
   assure, ensure, ascertain, affirm, control, moderate, hold in, hold, manipulate, aver, assert, check, swan, keep in line, swear, operate, master, see to it, avow, command, insure, curb, see, contain

3. verifyverb

   attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

4. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, affirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

Matched Categories

1. • Confirm
   • Declare
   • Law
   • Science
   • Test

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1. second glance

   to check several times that something is correct

   to look over an essay, test or assignment to check if all the words are spelled correctly

   Submitted by acronimous on May 26, 2014  

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove

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1. List of paraphrases for "verify":

   check, verifying, verification, ascertain, checking, confirm, verified, ensure, test, audit, inspect, monitor, checked, verifiable, determine, see, verifies, validate, examine

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How to use verify in a sentence?

1. Homeland Security:

   Spotify hasnotbeenhackedand our user records are secure, we monitorPastebinand other sites regularly. When we find Spotify credentials, we first verify that they are authentic, and if they are, we immediately notify affected users to change their passwords.

2. State John Kerry:

   If the agreement is not legally binding, there won't be an agreement, because that would mean it would be impossible to verify or control the undertakings that are made.

3. Lockheed Martin:

   That topic would have been addressed in government-to-government discussions, regardless of the radar selected, a live fire test will be required to verify the fire-control loop.

4. Oskar Groening:

   The capacity of the gas chambers and the capacity of the crematoria were quite limited. Someone said that 5,000 people were processed in 24 hours but I didn't verify this. I didn't know, for the sake of order we waited until train 1 was entirely processed and finished.

5. Michael Bloomberg:

   [He] did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure that everybody got out. He walked the plane twice after everybody else was off and tried to verify that there was nobody else onboard, and he ... made sure that there was nobody behind him.