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validate
[val-i-deyt]
verb (used with object)
to make valid; substantiate; confirm.
Time validated our suspicions.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:to give legal force to; legalize.
to give official sanction, confirmation, or approval to, as elected officials, election procedures, documents, etc..
to validate a passport.
validate
/ ˈæɪˌɪ /
verb
to confirm or corroborate
to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid
Other Word Forms
- validation noun
- validator noun
- validatory adjective
- revalidate verb (used with object)
- unvalidated adjective
- unvalidating adjective
- ˈ岹ٴǰ adjective
- ˌˈ岹پDz noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
We could never have predicted just how quickly real-world headlines would not only validate our story, but outpace its darkest possibilities.
I live here and I can validate the fact that immigrants in this city are part of the fabric of our lives ...
And yet there is little doubt that these dudes have sucked millions of Americans into validating their delusion self-regard.
Gemma said giving evidence in court was stressful, but the relief came more from feeling validated, than from money or the sentences.
This sounds like guesswork derived from pop psychology, since the authors didn’t point to any actual research to validate their conclusions about masking.
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