A user of the Twitter microblogging service whose identity has been confirmed by Twitter.
"After seeing his profile turn blue, Sarah realized he was a verified account holder who had personally confirmed his identity to Twitter."
In plain English: A verified person is someone whose identity has been officially confirmed as real and trustworthy.
"The verified was accepted by the committee as proof that the document was genuine."
simple past tense and past participle of verify
"The security guard verified my identity before letting me into the building."
In plain English: To verify something means to prove that it is true or correct by checking the facts.
"The company verified the customer's identity before allowing them to make a large purchase."
Subject to positive verification.
"The charity board refused to release funds until every donation claim was verified before processing the transfer."
In plain English: Verified means something has been officially checked and proven to be true.
"The verified account displayed a blue checkmark next to the user's name."
Usage: Use verified as an adjective before nouns like verified email or verified account, but place it after the noun when modifying past participles such as he was fully verified by the system. This term confirms that information has been checked and proven true rather than just claimed.
Derived from the Latin verificatus, the past participle of verificare meaning "to make true," this term entered English in the late 16th century with the sense of confirmed or proven to be accurate.