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{
"term": "validate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "validate",
"heSheIt": "validates"
},
"pastSimple": "validated",
"pastParticiple": "validated",
"ingForm": "validating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to prove that something is true",
"sensetop": "validate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to validate a theory"
},
{
"text": "The research findings do not validate the claims made by the manufacturer."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make something legally recognized",
"sensetop": "validate something",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to validate a contract"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to state officially that something is useful and of an acceptable standard",
"sensetop": "validate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Check that their courses have been validated by a reputable organization."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to recognize the value of a person or their feelings or opinions; to make somebody feel valued",
"sensetop": "validate somebody/somethingvalidate somebody/something as something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Be sure to validate your child's feelings—don't minimize them.",
"contextForm": "validate somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She seemed to need his admiration to validate her as a person.",
"contextForm": "validate somebody/something as something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪt/",
"audio": "va/validate/validate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪts/",
"audio": "va/validate/validates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "va/validate/validated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "va/validate/validating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪt/",
"audio": "va/validate/validate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪts/",
"audio": "va/validate/validates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "va/validate/validated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvælɪdeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "va/validate/validating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make legally valid’): from medieval Latin validat- ‘made legally valid’, from the verb validare, from Latin validus ‘strong’, from valere ‘be strong’."
}