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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#m1)

2) (adjective) Officially confirmed as real, like a verified account online that really belongs to the person it says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x1)
- The scientist's results were verified by another lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x2)
- The account has a blue tick, so it is verified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x3)
- The story could not be verified, so the newspaper did not print it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x4)
- (formal) Once the total has been verified, record it in the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x5)
- She verified the address before posting the parcel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x6)
- Even a verified account can share a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x7)
- The silence of the little boy verified the old man's recollection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.112/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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