validate
to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
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.
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- val·i·da·tion [val-i-dey-shuhn] /ˌvæl ɪˈdeɪ ʃən/ noun
- val·i·da·tor, noun
- val·i·da·to·ry [val-i-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈvæl ɪ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- re·val·i·date, verb (used with object), re·val·i·dat·ed, re·val·i·dat·ing.
- un·val·i·dat·ed, adjective
- un·val·i·dat·ing, adjective
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How to use validate in a sentence
It’s a complete reverse approach than building a PowerPoint document to validate a project.
Leveraging collective intelligence and AI to benefit society | Jason Sparapani | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFor many publishers, the experience of the pandemic validated the moves they have made over the past few years to diversify their business.
Deep Dive: How the future of publishing is taking shape in the ongoing coronavirus crisis era | Pierre Bienaimé | November 17, 2020 | DigidayIt’s pretty rare for me to invest in a team without an idea—usually I wait until people are working on something specific so it’s easier to validate whether that market makes sense.
OPEGA found that the magnitude of overbilling by attorneys was likely overstated, but it validated the underlying problem of attorneys claiming to have worked a large number of hours.
Maine Governor Won’t Fund Reforms for Public Defense Agency Without Accountability | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor | November 11, 2020 | ProPublicaTo County Supervisor Jim Desmond, this was a validating finding.
San Diegans Are Worried, But They Have Not Lost Trust | Scott Lewis and Kara Grant | November 3, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Thus, as someone who felt validated by Ubisoft, it was disappointing to read about its decision on women.
It has not been scientifically validated that it even indirectly causes damage.
Japan's Kiddie Porn Empire: Bye-Bye? | Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA judge will now decide whether Vannoni should face a criminal trial, or if his work gets validated in a clinical trial.
‘Hero’ Doc Accused of Harvesting Stem Cells in Dirty Basements | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe loves his wife, but is deeply in love with himself and needs to be validated constantly.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on S&M with Kate Upton and that ‘Game of Thrones’ Rape Scene | Marlow Stern | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis means the court has effectively validated the rulings of lower courts that have rejected Prop 8.
DOMA & Prop 8 Decisions Explained: What It All Means | Eliza Shapiro | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo whose elections had been validated by the Council refused to sit because they had not obtained the eighth part of the votes.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryIn other words, however much a 'truth' has been validated, it is always possible to test it further.
Pragmatism | D.L. MurrayThe intellectualist accounts of truth have all failed to make this vital distinction between 'truth-claim' and validated truth.
Pragmatism | D.L. MurrayThey again signify certain practical consequences of the verified and validated idea.
The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey | Delton Loring GeyerThe clerk of the court issued a certificate which was validated in the secretary's office.
Mother Earth | W. Stitt Robinson, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for validate
/ (ˈvælɪˌdeɪt) /
to confirm or corroborate
to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid
Derived forms of validate
- validation, noun
- validatory, adjective
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