Verified

How to spell verified

8 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce verified

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does verified mean?

1. adjectiveConfirmed as true, genuine, or accurate.
2. verbPast tense of verify: checked or confirmed that something is true or accurate.

Verified in a sentence

• adjective

  A verified account carries a small badge next to the name.

• verb

  She verified the bank details before approving the payment.

• adjective

  Only verified buyers are allowed to leave a product review.

• verb

  The auditor verified every entry against the original receipts.

Where does verified come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word traces back to the Latin adjective verus, meaning 'true', which combined with facere, meaning 'to make' or 'to do', to form the medieval Latin verb verificare, literally 'to make true' or 'to prove true'. English borrowed it through Old French verifier in the 1300s, originally in legal and religious contexts where a statement had to be shown to be genuine. The bare verb 'verify' kept the sense of confirming that something is real or accurate, and 'verified' is its past form, used both as a past tense and as an adjective. The same verus root survives in the everyday words 'very' (which once meant 'truly') and 'verdict' (a 'truly said' judgement). The spelling trap lies in that quiet stretch in the middle: a single r, the i kept from veri, and the y of verify turning into i before the -ed.

How the word is built

• ver- (from Latin verus: true)
• -ify (to make)
• -ied (past tense, with y changing to i)