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Meaning of "authenticate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUTHENTICATE

authenticate  [ɔːˈθɛntɪˌkeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTHENTICATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Authenticate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb authenticate in English.

WHAT DOES AUTHENTICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

authenticate

Authentication

Authentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a single piece of data or entity. In contrast with Identification which refers to the act of stating or otherwise indicating a claim purportedly attesting to a person or thing's identity, Authentication is the process of actually confirming that identity. It might involve confirming the identity of a person by validating their identity documents, verifying the validity of a website with a digital certificate, tracing the age of an artifact by carbon dating, or ensuring that a product is what its packaging and labeling claim to be. In other words, Authentication often involves verifying the validity of at least one form of identification.

Definition of authenticate in the English dictionary

The definition of authenticate in the dictionary is to establish as genuine or valid. Other definition of authenticate is to give authority or legal validity to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AUTHENTICATE

PRESENT

Present
I authenticate
you authenticate
he/she/it authenticates
we authenticate
you authenticate
they authenticate
Present continuous
I am authenticating
you are authenticating
he/she/it is authenticating
we are authenticating
you are authenticating
they are authenticating
Present perfect
I have authenticated
you have authenticated
he/she/it has authenticated
we have authenticated
you have authenticated
they have authenticated
Present perfect continuous
I have been authenticating
you have been authenticating
he/she/it has been authenticating
we have been authenticating
you have been authenticating
they have been authenticating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I authenticated
you authenticated
he/she/it authenticated
we authenticated
you authenticated
they authenticated
Past continuous
I was authenticating
you were authenticating
he/she/it was authenticating
we were authenticating
you were authenticating
they were authenticating
Past perfect
I had authenticated
you had authenticated
he/she/it had authenticated
we had authenticated
you had authenticated
they had authenticated
Past perfect continuous
I had been authenticating
you had been authenticating
he/she/it had been authenticating
we had been authenticating
you had been authenticating
they had been authenticating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will authenticate
you will authenticate
he/she/it will authenticate
we will authenticate
you will authenticate
they will authenticate
Future continuous
I will be authenticating
you will be authenticating
he/she/it will be authenticating
we will be authenticating
you will be authenticating
they will be authenticating
Future perfect
I will have authenticated
you will have authenticated
he/she/it will have authenticated
we will have authenticated
you will have authenticated
they will have authenticated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been authenticating
you will have been authenticating
he/she/it will have been authenticating
we will have been authenticating
you will have been authenticating
they will have been authenticating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would authenticate
you would authenticate
he/she/it would authenticate
we would authenticate
you would authenticate
they would authenticate
Conditional continuous
I would be authenticating
you would be authenticating
he/she/it would be authenticating
we would be authenticating
you would be authenticating
they would be authenticating
Conditional perfect
I would have authenticate
you would have authenticate
he/she/it would have authenticate
we would have authenticate
you would have authenticate
they would have authenticate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been authenticating
you would have been authenticating
he/she/it would have been authenticating
we would have been authenticating
you would have been authenticating
they would have been authenticating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you authenticate
we let´s authenticate
you authenticate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to authenticate
Past participle
authenticated
Present Participle
authenticating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUTHENTICATE


communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
decorticate
diːˈkɔːtɪˌkeɪt
dedicate
ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt
dephlogisticate
ˌdiːfləˈdʒɪstɪˌkeɪt
domesticate
dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt
elasticate
ɪˈlæstɪˌkeɪt
excorticate
ɛksˈkɔːtɪˌkeɪt
fantasticate
fænˈtæstɪˌkeɪt
hereticate
hɪˈretɪˌkeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
masticate
ˈmæstɪˌkeɪt
muticate
ˈmjuːtɪˌkeɪt
phlogisticate
fləˈdʒɪstɪˌkeɪt
prognosticate
prɒɡˈnɒstɪˌkeɪt
replicate
ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt
rusticate
ˈrʌstɪˌkeɪt
scholasticate
skəˈlæstɪˌkeɪt
sophisticate
səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt
undomesticate
ˌʌndəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt
urticate
ˈɜːtɪˌkeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUTHENTICATE

authentic
authentical
authentically
authentication
authenticator
authenticity
authigenic
author
authorcraft
authoress
authorial
authoring
authorisable
authorisation
authorise
authoriser
authorish
authorism
authoritarian
authoritarianism

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUTHENTICATE

abdicate
applicate
birth certificate
certificate
clearance certificate
death certificate
delicate
duplicate
eradicate
fabricate
implicate
in triplicate
intoxicate
intricate
locate
lubricate
predicate
silicate
silver certificate
syndicate
triplicate

Synonyms and antonyms of authenticate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AUTHENTICATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «authenticate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of authenticate

Translation of «authenticate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUTHENTICATE

Find out the translation of authenticate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of authenticate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «authenticate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

验证
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autenticar
570 millions of speakers

English

authenticate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रमाणित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصادقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аутентификации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autenticar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

authentifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

authentifizieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

認証を行う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanthi bener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xác thực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அங்கீகாரமுற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रमाणीकरित्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

otantik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autenticare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uwierzytelniania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аутентифікації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autentifica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταυτότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

authentic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

autentisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

autentisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of authenticate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTHENTICATE»

The term «authenticate» is very widely used and occupies the 22.344 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of authenticate
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «authenticate».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTHENTICATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «authenticate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «authenticate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about authenticate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTHENTICATE»

Discover the use of authenticate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to authenticate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Leonardo's Lost Princess: One Man's Quest to Authenticate an ...
In Leonardo's Lost Princess, Silverman tells the riveting story of how his initial suspicions of the portrait's provenance grew as one art expert after another confirmed his view that this haunting image was, indeed, created in the ...
Peter Silverman, Catherine Whitney, 2011
2
Asterisk Cookbook
same => n,Authenticate(/etc/asterisk/authenticate/passwd_list.txt) same => n, Hangup() If we use the d flag, Asterisk will interpret the path provided as a database key in the Asterisk DB instead of a file: [Authentication] exten => start,1  ...
Leif Madsen, Russell Bryant, 2011
3
Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
The message is restricted, and then the recipient must authenticate to be able to view the message. ... Sally must authenticate to a rights management (RM) server to secure the message, and Joe must authenticate to an RM server in order to ...
Patricia Cardoza, 2004
4
Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
Authenticate messages. When you try to delete or move an item to a location for which you do not have permission, you will likely get the following message: “The item {name of item} cannot be moved because {destination location} cannot be ...
Ted Landau, Dan Frakes, 2005
5
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide
Any station can authenticate with any other station. In practice, authentication is most useful in infrastructure networks. The usefulness of authentication for infrastructure networks is due in part to the design of the authentication methods, which ...
Matthew Gast, 2002
6
Feature Interactions in Software and Communication Systems X
Poll Official Voting Machine presentOptions report selectReport Backend Server Voting Machine <<confidential>> fail Poll Official authenticate enterCredentials Poll Official Voting Machine presentOptions report selectReport Backend Server  ...
M. Nakamura, S. Reiff-Marganiec, 2009
7
Mastering BEA WebLogic Server: Best Practices for Building ...
Best Practices for Building and Deploying J2EE Applications Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, Jeff McDaniel, Raja Mukherjee. The client- side LoginModule calls to the server to try to authenticate the client. As a result of this ...
Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, 2004
8
HP NonStop Server Security: A Practical Handbook
If the AUTHENTICATE-FAIL-FREEZE value is ON, when a user exceeds the maximum number of attempts to enter a correct password, the target userid is FROZEN. RISK An intruder could easily freeze all the IDs on a system by simply ...
XYPRO Technology Corp, 2003
9
Natural Born Success: Discover the Instinctive Drives That ...
What parents driven to Authenticate choose to spend time on will depend on their value system — if they feel they are being more useful by being with their family then they will do things with them, but if they feel they are not as needed at ...
Paul Burgess, 2012
10
Symbian OS Communications Programming
2. The OBEX server receives the Connect request packet. Itthen prepares and sends a Connect response packet to the OBEX client with the response code value 'Unauthorized' and an authenticate challenge header originating from the OBEX ...
Iain Campbell, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTHENTICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term authenticate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Home News MasterCard: You will soon be able to authenticate
According to CNN Money, MasterCard is working on a new program that would allow cardholders to use selfies and fingerprints to authenticate ... «PC Tech Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Apple Pay UK release date revealed in online LEAK
Apple Pay can also be used to authenticate and buy items online, with online retailers including Argos, Topshop, British Airways and Just Eat ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Lloyds tests 'tap to bank' to bypass security calls
The system allows users to authenticate certain requests, such as setting up standing orders, by logging into the Lloyds mobile app to verify ... «V3.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
WA Indigenous art award winner explores Aboriginal identity and …
"It's a sacred ceremony whereby everyday Australians anoint me with my cultural identity and authenticate my Aboriginal existence.". «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
How the Guardian decides which sources can be deemed trustworthy
Do not state as fact information about or from someone who we cannot authenticate (eg, 'A student who says she witnessed the riot', not 'A ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Naples Pier construction officially underway, and old pier pieces for …
The Naples Historic Society will number the boards and authenticate them. The city will be adding a form on its website for people interested in ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Iris system provides lifeline for Syrian refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed details of a biometrics initiative it is using to authenticate fund ... «Planet Biometrics, Jul 15»
8
Aadhaar: The next best thing after the cell phone?
To implement this idea, the team intends to leverage Aadhaar's biometric authentication at rental booths to authenticate the user and to tag the ... «Forbes India, Jul 15»
9
Mobile apps drive fleet management
To ensure security, all users are required to authenticate to the FMS database before any data is transferred, and information is securely sent to ... «GCN.com, Jul 15»
10
Biometrics bill sees backlash, Windows 10, Apple patents …
... starting with Wells Fargo's announcement that it will pilot a combination of voice and face recognition biometrics technologies to authenticate ... «Biometric Update, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Authenticate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/authenticate>. May 2024 ».
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