VALIDATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does validate mean?
• VALIDATE (verb)
The verb VALIDATE has 4 senses:
1. declare or make legally valid
2. prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
3. give evidence for
4. make valid or confirm the validity of
Familiarity information: VALIDATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VALIDATE (verb)
Meaning:
Declare or make legally valid
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
validate; formalise; formalize
Hypernyms (to "validate" is one way to...):
authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "validate"):
ratify; sign (approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation)
co-sign; cosign (sign jointly)
probate (establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents))
Sentence frames:
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Something ----s something
Antonym:
invalidate (declare invalid)
Meaning:
Prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "validate" is one way to...):
affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
invalidate (show to be invalid)
Meaning:
Give evidence for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
corroborate; validate
Hypernyms (to "validate" is one way to...):
confirm; reassert (strengthen or make more firm)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "validate"):
circumstantiate (give circumstantial evidence for)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Make valid or confirm the validity of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
validate a ticket
Hypernyms (to "validate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
invalidate (take away the legal force of or render ineffective)
