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ratify

verb
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ratify
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
he / she / it ratifies
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪz/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪz/
past simple ratified
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪd/
past participle ratified
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪd/
-ing form ratifying
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈrætɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. ratify something to make an agreement officially or legally valid by voting for or signing it正式批准；使正式生效
    • The treaty was ratified by all the member states.这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。🔊🔊
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRatify is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • country
    • parliament
    Ratify is used with these nouns as the object:
    • amendment
    • constitution
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ratifier, from medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus ‘fixed’, past participle of reri.