validate

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

1. (transitive) To render valid.
   • 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France (page 207)

     Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.

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.

Antonyms

• disprove
• invalidate

Related terms

• valid
• validation
• validator

Translations

render valid

• Danish: bekræfte (da)
• Dutch: valideren (nl)
• Georgian: დამტკიცება (damṭḳiceba), დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba)
• Maori: whakatūturu, whakapūmau, whakamana
• Portuguese: validar (pt)
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• Russian: утвержда́ть (ru) impf (utverždátʹ), утверди́ть (ru) pf (utverdítʹ), ратифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (ratificírovatʹ)
• Spanish: validar (es)
• Swedish: förklara giltig, göra gällande (sv), bekräfta (sv)

check the validity of

• Dutch: valideren (nl)
• Estonian: kinnitama
• Finnish: tarkistaa oikeellisuus, validoida
• French: valider (fr), justifier (fr)
• Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), შემოწმება (šemoc̣meba)
• German: validieren (de)
• Greek: επικυρώνω (el) (epikyróno)
• Irish: bailíochtaigh, bailmheas, dearbhaigh a bheith bailí, deimhnigh (ga)
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• Italian: validare (it)
• Polish: walidować, przeprowadzać walidację
• Portuguese: validar (pt)
• Russian: проводи́ть валида́цию impf (provodítʹ validáciju), провести́ валида́цию pf (provestí validáciju), подтвержда́ть пра́вильность impf (podtverždátʹ právilʹnostʹ), подтверди́ть пра́вильность pf (podtverdítʹ právilʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: confirmar (es), validar (es)
• Swedish: bekräfta (sv), giltigförklara (sv), validera (sv)

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Italian

Verb

validate

1. second-person plural present of validare
2. second-person plural imperative of validare
3. feminine plural past participle of validare

Anagrams

• dilavate