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validate

/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

validate verb: to render valid.

Verb

validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)

  1. (transitive) To render valid.
    • Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France, page 207
  2. (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
  3. (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.
    • The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

Adjective

validate (comparative more validate, superlative most validate)

  1. (obsolete) Valid, validated.

validate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

validate in Tamil

செல்லத்தக்கதாக்கு, செல்லுபடியாக்குத, சரி பார்

validate in Urdu

جواز دینا, توثیق کرنا

validate in Bengali

বৈধ করা, নিশ্চিত করা

validate in Malayalam

substantiate, prove, corroborate
സാധൂകരിക്കുക, സാധുത തെളിയിക്കുക, അംഗീകാരം നല്കുക, തെളിയിക്കുക, ദൃഢീകരിക്കുക, സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുക
endorse, ratify, approve
അംഗീകാരം നല്കുക, പ്രബലമാക്കുക, സാധുവാക്കുക, സാധൂകരിക്കുക, നിയമസാധുത്വം നല്കുക, അംഗീകരിക്കുക
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validate in Kannada
ಊರ್ಜಿತಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಾನೂನು ಸಮ್ಮತಮಾಡು, ಮಾನ್ಯಮಾಡು, ಸಕ್ರಮಗೊಳಿಸು
validate in Persian
معتبریدن, ارزش دادن, ارزشمنداندن, ارزیابیدن

Examples of validate in a sentence

  • These authors showed the relation between the two systems, validating the existence of a vestibulomasseteric reflex.
  • We validate our method using real-world images and compare it to state-of-the-art methods.
  • Show us what you did, so that we may believe and validate it.

All 38 example sentences with validate

Antonyms of validate

Forms of validate

Verb
third-person singular presentvalidates
present participlevalidating
past participlevalidated
pastvalidated
Adjective
comparativemore validate
superlativemost validate

Past tense of validate: validated

Origin of validate

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more.

Words formed from validate

Questions about validate

What does validate mean?
Validate means to render valid.
What is validate in Tamil?
Validate in Tamil is செல்லத்தக்கதாக்கு, செல்லுபடியாக்குத, சரி பார். See Validate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is validate?
Validate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce validate?
Validate is pronounced /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/.
What is the past tense of validate?
The past tense of validate is validated.

Words near validate in the dictionary

  1. valid time
  2. valid times
  3. validamycin
  4. validamycins
  5. validatable
  6. validate
  7. validated
  8. validates
  9. validating
  10. validation
  11. validation suite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: validate (page history and authors); validate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); validate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); validate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); validate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); validate (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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