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# verify

verb (verify, verifies, verified, verifying)

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

## Everyday

1. To check that something is true or correct: verify your answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#m1)
2. To prove or confirm that something is real or true: the photo verifies her story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#m2)
3. (formal) To check someone's identity, for example with a code or password. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons "verify" is a common instruction: check your answer by another method, such as an inverse operation or estimating. In science it means testing a claim with evidence. In online safety, websites ask you to verify your email or age; scammers also send fake "verify your account" messages. Phrases: verify that, verify your answer, verify your identity, hard to verify.

### Examples

- Verify your answer by using the inverse operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x1)
- Can you verify that 3/4 is the same as 6/8? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x2)
- (formal) Verify that the sum of the angles is 180 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x3)
- The bank asked Mum to verify her identity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x4)
- Never click a strange link that says "verify your account" — ask an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x5)
- Scientists repeat experiments to verify their results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x6)
- The teacher verified that everyone had handed in homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x7)
- In this way, and in this way only, I have been enabled to collect and verify the folklore included in this volume. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/#x8)

### Note

Forms: verifies, verified (y to i), verifying. The noun is verification. "Verify" is more formal than "check". In maths, to verify 45 + 37 = 82 you can work out 82 - 37 = 45. Messages asking you to verify passwords are often scams (phishing).

## On Mova

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