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
Where there is less than a 1% chance of a candidate being a false positive, it is considered a validated planet.
50 new planets, including one as big as Neptune, are identified using A.I. | rhhackettfortune | August 26, 2020 | FortuneJohn Mascola, the head of vaccine research for the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, who has helped set up Operation Warp Speed, says that the project is currently in the process of creating and validating standardized assays.
Scientists to Wall Street: You don’t really understand how COVID vaccine tests work | Jeremy Kahn | August 24, 2020 | FortuneFor one thing, the test needs to be validated on samples from patients who have actually tested positive for covid-19.
The next step is to validate promising anti-aging genetic differences, similar to how scientists validated such differences in nematode worms during classic longevity studies.
The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes of the Oldest Humans Alive | Shelly Fan | August 10, 2020 | Singularity HubThe software couldn’t validate her identity and she was denied access to tests so often that she had to go to her professor to make other arrangements.
Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy | Amy Nordrum | August 7, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
But even there… look what I did, I cited research as though it were necessary to validate the lived experience of black people.
The Question in St. Louis County: Can Whites Empathize With Blacks? | Sally Kohn | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMyers and Gurney felt such actions were a means to validate the report.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death | Patricia Pearson | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I called Dr. Angelou for perspective, and perhaps to validate my own perspective.
Maya Angelou Knew How To Inspire As A Writer, Teacher, and Great Human Being | Joshua DuBois | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Democrats gain the seat, it will validate those on the left who think the Affordable Care Act can be an electoral asset.
This way, the anti-foreigner party could validate whether or not the person was ‘truly Greek.’
This is all that is necessary to validate the use of images to be made in the sequel.
The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand RussellOf course, it is our hope that this test will validate Rapid Dominance as a legitimate doctrine.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanTrue ideas are those which we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify.
The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey | Delton Loring GeyerThey take the name without scruple, and the usage of today seems to validate the theft.
The Middle Class Gentleman | MoliereThe signature of the affiant and of the notary and the seal are all necessary to validate the affidavit.
Copyright: Its History and Its Law | Richard Rogers Bowker
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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