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# authenticate

verb (authenticate, authenticates, authenticated, authenticating)

«authenticate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To prove that something is real or genuine, not fake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#m1)
2. (computing) To check someone's identity, for example with a password or fingerprint, before letting them in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In computing and online safety: apps authenticate you with passwords, codes or fingerprints (two-factor authentication). In history and art, experts authenticate old paintings and coins. Phrases: «two-factor authentication».

### Examples

- Experts authenticated the old painting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x1)
- Use your fingerprint to authenticate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x2)
- The website sent a code to authenticate me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x3)
- Never share the code you get to authenticate your account. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x4)
- The museum authenticated the Roman coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x5)
- The letter was authenticated by its signature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#x6)

### Note

Noun: authentication. Online safety: a real company never asks you to read out an authentication code.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «authenticate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authenticate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/authenticate.html) on Mova free.