validate

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈvælədeɪt/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To check or prove the accuracy, truth, or validity of something; to confirm that something is correct or meets a required standard.; To make something legally or officially valid; to give legal force or authority to a document, agreement, or action.; To recognize or affirm a person's feelings, experiences, or identity as legitimate and worthy of respect.; To mark a ticket, parking stub, or similar document as officially used or paid for, often by stamping or punching.; In computing, to check that data conforms to a specified format, set of rules, or constraints before processing.; To support or substantiate a claim, argument, or belief with evidence or proof.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: validates Past: validated Past part.: validated Pres part.: validating

Collocations

validate a claimvalidate datavalidate a ticketvalidate an assumptionvalidate resultsvalidate one's identity

Derivatives

validationvalidatorvalidityvalidinvalidinvalidatevalidly

Synonyms

confirmverifyauthenticatecorroboratesubstantiatecertify

Antonyms

invalidatedisproverefute

Commonly confused

verify
EN: 'Verify' focuses on checking the truth or accuracy of something; 'validate' focuses on confirming legitimacy or that something meets required standards.
valid
EN: 'Valid' is the adjective meaning legitimate or sound; 'validate' is the verb meaning to make or confirm something as valid.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'validate' is built from 'valid' + '-ate'; do not drop the 'i' or write 'valadate'.

💬 Examples

  1. The experiment was designed to validate the hypothesis proposed by the research team.

  2. The court validated the contract after reviewing all the terms and conditions.

  3. The therapist worked to validate her patient's emotions rather than dismiss them.

  4. Please validate your parking ticket at the front desk before leaving the building.

  5. The system validates user input to ensure it does not contain malicious code.

  6. The newly discovered documents validate the historian's long-held theory about the event.