verified

«verified» in Mova's school dictionary: Checked and shown to be true or correct: the answer was… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past form of verify (verify, verifies, verified, verifying); adjective (verified)

meaning for a pupil

1) Checked and shown to be true or correct: the answer was verified. tree →

2) (adjective) Officially confirmed as real, like a verified account online that really belongs to the person it says. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science it means an answer or result has been checked, for example by working backwards or repeating an experiment. In online safety a "verified" badge shows an account is real, though it does not mean everything posted is true. Phrases: verified by, independently verified, a verified account, cannot be verified.

examples

• I verified my answer by adding the numbers again. tree →
• The scientist's results were verified by another lab. tree →
• The account has a blue tick, so it is verified. tree →
• The story could not be verified, so the newspaper did not print it. tree →
• (formal) Once the total has been verified, record it in the table. tree →
• She verified the address before posting the parcel. tree →
• Even a verified account can share a mistake. tree →
• The silence of the little boy verified the old man's recollection. tree →

note

Past form of verify: y changes to i before -ed (verified), but not before -ing (verifying). "Verified" means checked, not automatically correct forever. In maths, a verified answer is one you have checked, for example 7 x 8 = 56 verified by 56 / 8 = 7.

In the corpora

• Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «verified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.