validate

English

Etymology

Morphologicallyvalid+‎-ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• (weak vowel merger)IPA^(key):/ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/
• Rhymes:-ælɪdeɪt

Verb

validate(third-person singular simple presentvalidates,present participlevalidating,simple past and past participlevalidated)

1. (transitive)To rendervalid.
   • 2003,Alan Hart,Going to Live in France,page207:

     Always remember tovalidateyour ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.

2. (transitive)To check or prove thevalidityof;verify.
3. (ergative)To have its validity successfully proven.

   The data file cannot be imported because it doesn'tvalidate.

Antonyms

• disprove
• invalidate

Related terms

• valid
• validation
• validator

Translations

to render valid

• Bulgarian:утвърждавам(utvǎrždavam),ратифицирам(bg)(ratificiram)
• Danish:bekræfte(da)
• Dutch:valideren(nl)
• Finnish:laillistaa(fi),vahvistaa(fi)(document etc.);leimata(fi)(ticket etc.)
• Georgian:დამტკიცება(damṭḳiceba),დამოწმება(damoc̣meba),განმტკიცება(ganmṭḳiceba)
• Hungarian:érvényesít(hu),(ticket)kezel(hu)
• Ingrian:vahvistaa
• Maori:whakatūturu,whakapūmau,whakamana
• Persian:معتبریدن,ارزش دادن,ارزشمنداندن
• Portuguese:validar(pt)
• Russian:утвержда́ть(ru)impf(utverždátʹ),утверди́ть(ru)pf(utverdítʹ),ратифици́ровать(ru)impforpf(ratificírovatʹ)
• Spanish:validar(es)
• Swedish:förklara giltig,göra gällande(sv),bekräfta(sv)

to check the validity of

• Bulgarian:проверявам валидността(proverjavam validnostta)
• Dutch:valideren(nl)
• Estonian:kinnitama
• Finnish:todentaa(fi),tarkastaa(fi)
• French:valider(fr),justifier(fr)
• Georgian:დამოწმება(damoc̣meba),შემოწმება(šemoc̣meba)
• German:validieren(de)
• Greek:επικυρώνω(el)(epikyróno)
• Hungarian:megerősít(hu),jóváhagy(hu),validál(hu),hitelesít(hu)
• Irish:bailíochtaigh,bailmheas,dearbhaigh a bheith bailí,deimhnigh(ga)
• Italian:validare(it)
• Persian:ارزیابیدن
• Polish:walidować,przeprowadzać walidację
• Portuguese:validar(pt)
• Russian:проводи́тьвалида́циюimpf(provodítʹ validáciju),провести́валида́циюpf(provestí validáciju),подтвержда́тьпра́вильностьimpf(podtverždátʹ právilʹnostʹ),подтверди́тьпра́вильностьpf(podtverdítʹ právilʹnostʹ)
• Spanish:confirmar(es),validar(es)
• Swedish:bekräfta(sv),giltigförklara(sv),validera(sv)

to have its validity successfully proven

• Finnish:kelvata(fi),mennä läpi,ollakelvollinen,ollavalidi
• Persian:اعتبار داشتن,ارزش داشتن(fa)

Italian

Verb

validate

1. inflection ofvalidare:
   1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
   2. second-personpluralimperative
   3. femininepluralpastparticiple

Anagrams

• dilavate

Spanish

Verb

validate

1. second-personsingularvoseoimperativeofvalidarcombined withte