validate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
validates;
validated;
validating
validates;
validated;
validating
Britannica Dictionary definition of VALIDATE
[+ object]
1
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to make (something) valid: such as
a
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to state or show that something is legal or official
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The court validated the contract.
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A judge still needs to validate the election.
b
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to put a mark on (something) to show that it has been checked and is official or accepted
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Customs officers validated our passports.
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They validated our parking ticket as soon as we arrived. [=they stamped the ticket so that we would not have to pay for parking]
2
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to show that something is real or correct
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The claims cannot yet be validated. [=confirmed]
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experiments that are designed to validate [=prove] a hypothesis
3
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to show that someone's feelings, opinions, etc., are fair and reasonable
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opposite invalidate
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The decline in sales only validated our concerns.
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Further validation is needed before the findings are published.
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the validation of our concerns
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The restaurant provides parking validation.
