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# authenticate

«authenticate» in Mova's school dictionary: **real or genuine, not fake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (authenticate, authenticates, authenticated, authenticating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To prove that something is real or genuine, not fake. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «authenticate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authenticate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.