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to auth

to auth

7.7
To check and confirm someone's identity before allowing access
  • verb
  • /ɔθ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : autenticar
  • The app will auth you using your fingerprint before you can access your account.

Examples

  • If you cannot auth successfully, you will be denied access to the network.

  • Developers must ensure their systems properly auth every user request for security.

  • Please auth your account before proceeding.

  • The system auths users automatically.

  • The system will auth you by sending a verification code to your email.

  • Before you can log in, the software must auth your credentials against its database.

  • Administrators need to auth users to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Synonyms

to authenticate
vsto auth
  • Specialized
35 6.7

Show that something is real or that a person is who they say they are

focuses on verifying a person's identity in computing systems rather than general genuineness

How Thorough

to certify
  • Formal
192 3.9
to attest
  • Formal
57 6.6
to auth
  • Jargon
7.7
to verify
251 3.5
to check
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

auth infinitive
authing present participle
auths third person singular
authed past
authed past participle

Etymology

Auth used as a verb comes from the same idea as authenticate and means 'to check and confirm someone's identity'. Think of a guard checking your ID — that's what a system does when it 'auths' a user before giving access.