vverb.cognitionconfirm the truth ofExamples:- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
Derivationally Related Form:verifiableverifierverificatoryverification
Hypernyms:affirm confirm corroborate substantiate support sustain
Inherited Hypernyms:verifyconfirm
Direct Hyponyms:ascertainassurecheckcheck offcontrolensureinsuremarkmark offseesee to itticktick off
Full Troponyms:cardcheckcinchcontrolcovercross-checkdouble-checkproofreadreceiptseespot-check
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Something ---s something
vverb.socialcheck or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standardTopic:sciencescientific discipline
Synset:control
Examples:- Are you controlling for the temperature?
Derivationally Related Form:control
Hypernyms:essay examine prove test try try out
Inherited Hypernyms:controltestevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationattach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)Topic:jurisprudencelaw
Derivationally Related Form:verification
Hypernyms:confirm reassert
Inherited Hypernyms:verifyconfirmaffirm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationto declare or affirm solemnly and formally as trueSynset:affirm assert aver avow swan swear
Examples:- Before God I swear I am innocent
Derivationally Related Form:affirmationavowalassertionswearerassertableavermentswearingaffirmerasserteravower
Hypernyms:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:affirmdeclarestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotesttaketell
Full Troponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotest
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: assert, avow, swear, swan, affirm, aver)