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validate

verb
val·​i·​date | \ ˈva-lə-ˌdāt How to pronounce validate (audio) \
validated; validating

Definition of validate

transitive verb

1a : to make legally valid : ratify
b : to grant official sanction to by marking validated her passport
c : to confirm the validity of (an election) also : to declare (a person) elected
2a : to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis experiments designed to validate the hypothesis
b : to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of validate his concerns
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Other Words from validate

validator \ ˈva-​lə-​ˌdā-​tər How to pronounce validator (audio) \ noun

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confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, authenticate, validate mean to attest to the truth or validity of something. confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact. confirmed the reports corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established. witnesses corroborated his story substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention. the claims have yet to be substantiated verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at. all statements of fact in the article have been verified authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion. handwriting experts authenticated the diaries validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof. validated the hypothesis by experiments

Examples of validate in a Sentence

The court validated the contract. A judge still needs to validate the election. Customs officers validated our passports. The decline in sales only validated our concerns.
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 During a briefing on Dorian on Wednesday, Trump held up an earlier forecast of the hurricane with a black extended into Alabama in marker in an apparent attempt to validate his Sunday tweet. — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, "James Spann backs up Alabama weather service in Trump’s Dorian feud," 6 Sep. 2019 The researchers are also hoping to work with large databanks around the world to further validate the findings. — Time, "We're One Step Closer to a Blood Test that Predicts When a Person Will Die," 21 Aug. 2019 Ultimately, summer camps exist to validate outmoded social structures among the most vulnerable age bracket. — Mac Schwerin, Vox, "The case against summer camp," 16 Aug. 2019 If both officers shot five black civilians and nine white civilians, the raw results seemed to validate the approach of the PNAS study: The white officer was indeed no more likely than the black officer to shoot a minority. — Juanita Bawagan, Science | AAAS, "Study that claims white police no more likely to shoot minorities draws fire," 15 Aug. 2019 Knowing that an artist and entrepreneur like Alyse backs my work is super validating. — Nick Williams, Billboard, "Australian Non-Binary Newcomer Wolfjay Shares Summer of Pride Mix & Talks New Queer Anthem 'Together'," 1 Aug. 2019 Shortly after Allison's approach showed promise in clinical trials, Honjo was validating PD-1-targeting antibodies as an anti-cancer agent in mice. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Treatments that cause the immune system to attack cancer earn a Nobel," 1 Oct. 2018 The next step will be doing this in a large, blinded clinical trial with a larger number of women to validate it. — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "Blood Test Could Predict Premature Birth Risk, Due Date," 7 June 2018 But this Requiem never settles scores, lays nothing to rest, and fails to validate itself as either public spectacle (for the audience of Verona) or as therapeutic device for the mourning parents. — Jim Rutter, Philly.com, "'Romeo and Juliet: A Requiem' at People's Light: A good try at reimagining a classic, but lacks the original's power," 29 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of validate

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for validate

borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, past participle of validāre "to make valid," derivative of Latin validus "in good health, having legal authority" — more at valid

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validate

verb
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English Language Learners Definition of validate

: to state or show that something is legal or official
: to put a mark on (something) to show that it has been checked and is official or accepted
: to show that something is real or correct

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validate

verb
val·​i·​date | \ ˈva-lə-ˌdāt How to pronounce validate (audio) \
validated; validating

Kids Definition of validate

1 : to have legal force or effect
2 : to prove to be true, worthy, or justified

validate

transitive verb
val·​i·​date | \ ˈva-lə-ˌdāt

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