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homologate

American  

[huh-mol-uh-geyt, hoh-] / həˈmɒl əˌgeɪt, hoʊ- /

verb (used with object)

homologated, homologating

1. to approve; confirm or ratify.

2. to register (a specific make of automobile in general production) so as to make it eligible for international racing competition.

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homologate British  

/ hɒˈmɒləˌɡeɪt /

verb

1. Scots law to approve or ratify (a deed or contract, esp one that is defective)

2. law to confirm (a proceeding, etc)

3. to recognize (a particular type of car or car component) as a production model or component rather than a prototype, as in making it eligible for a motor race

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Other Word Forms

• homologation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of homologate

1635–45; < Medieval Latin homologātus (past participle of homologāre < Greek homologeîn to agree to, allow); see -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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homologate homologated homologating

We can't homologate a lightweight chassis and bring it because it is $2m we would be over the cap.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2022

I asked whether my expenses would come out of the estate, and he said that he was inclined to believe the trustees would not homologate any claim for my outgoings.

From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang

In cases of emergency these limits have been disregarded, and Parliament subsequently asked to homologate the action by granting an indemnity to those concerned.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

To grant the one, then, and refuse the other, is, in effect, to homologate or acknowledge the constitution, and not to acknowledge it, at the same time, which is a glaring absurdity.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery

She tapped with a tiny toe on the pebbles, affecting a choler the twinkle in her eyes did not homologate.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

Garella would also become Project Manager for the company’s associated racing program, designing the P4/5 Competizione, which was built on a Ferrari F430 Scuderia and homologated to race in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.

From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2016

Here again the alpine lime-stones, which, according to the present naturalists, should be primitive, are plainly homologated in their origin with strata formed of sand.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by James Hutton

He homologated the protests which his brother laid on the table of the assembly after being rebuked for his synod sermon, but he did not formally withdraw from the establishment till 1737.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The congress not only homologated his proposals, but carried them further, by abolishing the episcopal hierarchy and assigning its revenues to the national exchequer, for education.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

It is homologated with the primitive mountains, in the solidity of its substance and in the position of its strata; with the tertiary species, again, in its containing marks of organised bodies.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by James Hutton

But "the homologating of new suppliers for specific components and the build-up of production would take several months", while stocks of Nexperia chips are predicted to last only a few weeks, it added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025