endorse
/ɪnˈdɔːs/US/ɪnˈdoɹs/
endorse verb: to express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
Verb
endorse (third-person singular simple present endorses, present participle endorsing, simple past and past participle endorsed)
- To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
- The president endorsed John Smith as senator.
- Synonyms:
- underwrite
- To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
- To give notice of something in a document.
- The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.
- The writ of summons was endorsed with the nature of a claim, the cause thereof, and of the relief sought in the action.
- To report (a symptom); to describe.
Noun
endorse (plural endorses)
- A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
endorse meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
endorse in Tamil
- ஆதரி, உடன்படு, ஏற்புக் கையொப்பமிடு மோலொப்பமிடு, ஒப்பளி, மேல் குறிப்பெழுது
endorse in Urdu
- حمایت کرنا, منظور کرنا, توثیق کرنا
endorse in Bengali
- support
- সমর্থন śomorthon, অনুমোদন onumōdon, দলিলের পশ্চাতে নাম সহি doliler poścate nam śohi
endorse in Malayalam
- endorse
- എന്റോഴ്സ് enṟōḻsŭ
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- endorse in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ನೀಡು, ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸು, ದೃಢಪಡಿಸು, ಸಹಿಮಾಡು
- endorse in Thai
- สนับสนุน sà-nàp-sà-nǔn
Examples of endorse in a sentence
- He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.
- In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.
- She has endorsed candidates who show an appalling tendency to pal around with white nationalists.
Synonyms of endorse
Forms of endorse
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | endorses |
| present participle | endorsing |
| past participle | endorsed |
| past | endorsed |
| alternative form (archaic) | indorse |
| alternative form (obsolete) | endoce |
| Noun | |
| plural | endorses |
Origin of endorse
Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on the back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.
Words formed from endorse
Words that rhyme with endorse
Questions about endorse
- What does endorse mean?
- Endorse means to express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
- What is endorse in Tamil?
- Endorse in Tamil is ஆதரி, உடன்படு, ஏற்புக் கையொப்பமிடு மோலொப்பமிடு. See Endorse meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endorse?
- Endorse can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce endorse?
- Endorse is pronounced /ɪnˈdɔːs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of endorse?
- The past tense of endorse is endorsed.
Words near endorse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endorse (page history and authors); endorse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endorse (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); എന്റോഴ്സ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); endorse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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