validate

verb
🔊/ˈvælɪdeɪt/
🔊/ˈvælɪdeɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they validate
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he / she / it validates
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past simple validated
🔊/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪd/
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past participle validated
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-ing form validating
🔊/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. validate something to prove that something is true证实;确认;确证
    • to validate a theory证实理论
    • The research findings do not validate the claims made by the manufacturer.这些研究结果不能证实制造商的说法。
    opposite invalidate
  2. validate something to make something legally recognized使生效;使有法律效力
    • to validate a contract使合同生效
    opposite invalidateTopics Law and justicec2
  3. validate something to state officially that something is useful and of an acceptable standard批准;确认…有效;认可
    • Check that their courses have been validated by a reputable organization.要确保他们的课程获得有声望机构的承认。🔊🔊
  4. to recognize the value of a person or their feelings or opinions; to make somebody feel valued承认(某人)的价值;认同(某人的感受或观点);使感到受重视
    • validate somebody/something Be sure to validate your child's feelings—don't minimize them.一定要重视孩子的感受,千万不要不当回事。
    • validate somebody/something as something She seemed to need his admiration to validate her as a person.她似乎需要他的赞赏来肯定自己的存在价值。
  5. Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make legally valid’): from medieval Latin validat- ‘made legally valid’, from the verb validare, from Latin validus ‘strong’, from valere ‘be strong’.