Standard Lemma guide

validate

adj · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/ weak vowel merger
  • rhymes with -ælɪdeɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: V AE1 L AH0 D EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Valid, validated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To render valid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To check or prove the validity of; verify.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To have its validity successfully proven.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative

Examples

  • The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

make valid or confirm the validity of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • validate a ticket

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: invalidate

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

6

verb

Meaning 6

prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: invalidate

Broader terms: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

7

verb

Meaning 7

give evidence for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corroborate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confirm, reassert

Narrower terms: circumstantiate

8

verb

Meaning 8

declare or make legally valid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: formalize, formalise

Antonyms: invalidate

Broader terms: authorize, authorise, pass, clear

Narrower terms: sign, ratify, co-sign, cosign, probate

History

Etymology

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

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.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: утвърждавам (utvǎrždavam) — to render valid
  • Bulgarian: ратифицирам (ratificiram) — to render valid
  • Danish: bekræfte — to render valid
  • Dutch: valideren — to render valid
  • Finnish: laillistaa — to render valid
  • Finnish: vahvistaa — to render valid
  • Finnish: leimata — to render valid
  • Georgian: დამტკიცება (damṭḳiceba) — to render valid
  • Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba) — to render valid
  • Georgian: განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba) — to render valid
  • Hungarian: érvényesít — to render valid
  • Hungarian: kezel — to render valid
  • Ingrian: vahvistaa — to render valid
  • Māori: whakatūturu — to render valid
  • Māori: whakapūmau — to render valid
  • Māori: whakamana — to render valid
  • Persian: معتبریدن — to render valid
  • Persian: ارزش دادن — to render valid
  • Persian: ارزشمنداندن — to render valid
  • Portuguese: validar — to render valid
  • Russian: утвержда́ть (utverždátʹ) — to render valid
  • Russian: утверди́ть (utverdítʹ) — to render valid
  • Russian: ратифици́ровать (ratificírovatʹ) — to render valid
  • Spanish: validar — to render valid
  • Swedish: förklara giltig — to render valid
  • Swedish: göra gällande — to render valid
  • Swedish: bekräfta — to render valid
  • Bulgarian: проверявам валидността (proverjavam validnostta) — to check the validity of
  • Dutch: valideren — to check the validity of
  • Estonian: kinnitama — to check the validity of
  • Finnish: todentaa — to check the validity of
  • Finnish: tarkastaa — to check the validity of
  • French: valider — to check the validity of
  • French: justifier — to check the validity of
  • Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba) — to check the validity of
  • Georgian: შემოწმება (šemoc̣meba) — to check the validity of
  • German: validieren — to check the validity of
  • Greek: επικυρώνω (epikyróno) — to check the validity of
  • Hungarian: megerősít — to check the validity of
  • Hungarian: jóváhagy — to check the validity of
  • Hungarian: validál — to check the validity of
  • Hungarian: hitelesít — to check the validity of
  • Irish: bailíochtaigh — to check the validity of
  • Irish: bailmheas — to check the validity of
  • Irish: dearbhaigh a bheith bailí — to check the validity of
  • Irish: deimhnigh — to check the validity of
  • Italian: validare — to check the validity of
  • Persian: ارزیابیدن — to check the validity of
  • Polish: walidować — to check the validity of
  • Polish: przeprowadzać walidację — to check the validity of
  • Portuguese: validar — to check the validity of
  • Russian: проводи́ть валида́цию (provodítʹ validáciju) — to check the validity of
  • Russian: провести́ валида́цию (provestí validáciju) — to check the validity of
  • Russian: подтвержда́ть пра́вильность (podtverždátʹ právilʹnostʹ) — to check the validity of
  • Russian: подтверди́ть пра́вильность (podtverdítʹ právilʹnostʹ) — to check the validity of
  • Spanish: confirmar — to check the validity of
  • Spanish: validar — to check the validity of
  • Swedish: bekräfta — to check the validity of
  • Swedish: giltigförklara — to check the validity of
  • Swedish: validera — to check the validity of
  • Finnish: kelvata — to have its validity successfully proven
  • Finnish: mennä läpi — to have its validity successfully proven
  • Finnish: olla kelvollinen — to have its validity successfully proven
  • Finnish: olla validi — to have its validity successfully proven
  • Persian: اعتبار داشتن — to have its validity successfully proven
  • Persian: ارزش داشتن — to have its validity successfully proven