ratify
verb (used with object)
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.
will ratify
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future tenseof ratify.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“What I’d guess is that the two countries will ratify it, if not at the same time, then very close to each other,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Stockholm hopes Turkey will ratify the membership when the Turkish parliament reconvenes in October, as agreed with President Tayyip Erdogan at a summit of the alliance in July.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
“It is not excluded that Sweden and Finland will ratify in different steps,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023
Iran will ratify the landmark Paris agreement on climate change only if sanctions against it are lifted, a senior leader has told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
If, however, the Emperor of Russia ratifies that convention, I will ratify it; but it is only a trick.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
