validate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvælɪdeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈvælɪˌdeɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vali dāt′)

Inflections of 'validate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
validates
v 3rd person singular
validating
v pres p
validated
v past
validated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
val•i•date /ˈvælɪˌdeɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -dat•ed, -dat•ing. 
  1. to make valid; substantiate;
    confirm.
  2. to give official permission, confirmation, or approval to:to validate a passport.
val•i•da•tion /ˌvælɪˈdeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -val-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
val•i•date  (vali dāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -dat•ed, -dat•ing. 
  1. to make valid; substantiate;
    confirm:Time validated our suspicions.
  2. to give legal force to;
    legalize.
  3. to give official sanction, confirmation, or approval to, as elected officials, election procedures, documents, etc.:to validate a passport.
  • Medieval Latin validātus (past participle of validāre to make valid), equivalent. to valid- (see valid) + -ātus -ate1
  • 1640–50
val′i•dation, n. 
vali•da′tor, n. 
val•i•da•to•ry  (vali də tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
    1. authenticate, verify, prove.
    1. disprove.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
validate /ˈvælɪˌdeɪt/ vb (transitive)
  1. to confirm or corroborate
  2. to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid
ˌvaliˈdation n
'validate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: validate the [comments, answers, information, offer, accuracy], validate [content, data, forms, requests, scripts, emails] , validate [content] for [smartphones, tablets, approval], more...

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