ratify
/ˈɹætɪfaɪ/
ratify verb: to give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
Verb
ratify (third-person singular simple present ratifies, present participle ratifying, simple past and past participle ratified)
- To give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
- They ratified the treaty.
- Thus the workmen decide the principle, the Executive carry it out. The agent provides information and negotiates. The Conference finally ratifies or disapproves.1912, Noah Ablett, The Miners' Next Step
- Synonyms:
- approve, confirm, homologate
ratify meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
ratify in Tamil
- உறுதி செய், ஏற்புறுதி செய், ஏற்றுறுதிகாண், பின்னேற்பளி
ratify in Urdu
- بات پکی کرنا, قبول کرنا
ratify in Bengali
- আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে অনুমোদন, সমর্থন করা
ratify in Malayalam
- ഔപചാരികമായ അംഗീകാരം നല്കുക, സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുക, സ്ഥാപിക്കുക
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- ratify in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪು, ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ಕೊಡು, ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸು, ಸ್ಥಿರೀಕರಿಸು
- ratify in Sanskrit
- स्वीकरोति svīkaroti
- ratify in Thai
- ให้สัตยาบัน hâi-sàt-dtà-yaa-ban
Examples of ratify in a sentence
- Male primogeniture was still the concept most often ratified by tikanga.
- Government than had it been a treaty ratified by two-thirds of the U.S.
- Beacon Hill passed the enabling legislation, and the town voters ratified it.
Synonyms of ratify
Forms of ratify
| third-person singular present | ratifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | ratifying |
| past participle | ratified |
| past | ratified |
Origin of ratify
From Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).
Words formed from ratify
Words that rhyme with ratify
Questions about ratify
- What does ratify mean?
- Ratify means to give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
- What is ratify in Tamil?
- Ratify in Tamil is உறுதி செய், ஏற்புறுதி செய், ஏற்றுறுதிகாண். See Ratify meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ratify?
- Ratify is a verb.
- How do you pronounce ratify?
- Ratify is pronounced /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/.
- What is the past tense of ratify?
- The past tense of ratify is ratified.
Words near ratify in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ratify (page history and authors); ratify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ratify (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ratify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ratify (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ratify (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्वीकरोति (Sanskrit) (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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