英语词汇“verification”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINverify

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French verifier, from Medieval Latin verificare, from Latin verus; ➔ VERY2

VERB TABLE

verify

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	verify
	he, she, it	verifies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	verified
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have verified
	he, she, it	has verified
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had verified
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will verify
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have verified

Continuous Form
Present	I	am verifying
	he, she, it	is verifying
	you, we, they	are verifying
Past	I, he, she, it	was verifying
	you, we, they	were verifying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been verifying
	he, she, it	has been verifying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been verifying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be verifying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been verifying

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Accountants are working to verify the figures.
Doctors have verified that the injury was indeed work-related.
You can verify the facts in the report by calling his office.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Edey said it could take a week to verify those reports.
The influence of rehydration rate on germination of artificially dried seed has been also verified.
The reader should trace through these two cases graphically to verify the conclusions we have outlined.

Longman Language Activatorsomeone who cheats► check

to do something in order to find out whether something is really true or correct: · "Are you sure this is the right phone number?" "Yes, I've just checked."· You'd better check the figures one more time - we don't want any mistakes.check that: · I'll just check that I locked the door.· Check that the meat is cooked thoroughly before serving it.check if/whether: · Before your trip, check if your insurance covers you abroad.check to see if/whether: · Let's check to see if she's OK.

► check out

to make sure that something, especially something that someone else has told you, is actually true: check out something: · We got in touch with the bank to check out the suspect's story.check something out: · What he said didn't seem quite right, so I decided to check it out.

► make sure/make certain

to check that a situation is really the way you want or expect it to be: · I don't think Jo's back yet, but you can knock on her door just to make sure.make sure/make certain (that): · Make certain the car is in good condition before you sign the rental agreement.· I phoned the hotel to make sure that they had reserved a room for us.

► double-check

to check something a second time, so that you are completely sure: · "Did you switch the heating off?" "Yes, I double-checked."· I don't think I made a mistake. I checked and double-checked all my calculations.double-check that: · Double-check that the computer file was properly copied.

► verify

formal to officially check a fact or statement and show that it is correct: · You can verify the facts in the report by calling his office.verify that: · Doctors have verified that the injury was indeed work-related.

► confirm

to check that an arrangement you have made has happened or is still going to happen: · Have you called to confirm your flight yet?confirm that: · Let me just confirm that the money has arrived in your account.

► ascertain

formal to find out if a fact that you think is true is really true: ascertain something: · The case remains a mystery. The police were never able to ascertain the true facts.ascertain that: · The pathologist ascertained that the victim had died from a gunshot wound.ascertain how/when/why etc: · A doctor should examine the patient to ascertain where the pain is localized.ascertain: · As far as we have been able to ascertain, our client is not involved in anything illegal.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► claim

· While it is at present impossible to verify the claims, the list reflects the ethnic and religious complexities of the area.· Among them: A specialized Police Department investigation unit would be designated to verify the disability claims.

VERB► need

· All kinds of information informs my attitudes, but I need to verify this by inspecting the real thing very carefully.· Miguel said, as if he needed to verify it with some one.· Also the specificity of our results needs to be verified as we did not study patients with other inflammatory bowel diseases.· Airline officials argued that time was needed to verify names to ensure accuracy.· If there is more than one petitioner, then only one need swear the affidavit verifying the petition.· A week after being asked, the staff of the commission said it needed more time to verify that figure.· Experiments or observations are needed to verify it.