validate

English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/
• Rhymes: -ælɪdeɪt

Verb

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

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

• invalidate
• valid
• validation
• validator

Translations

to render valid

• Bulgarian: утвърждавам (utvǎrždavam), ратифицирам (bg) (ratificiram)
• Danish: bekræfte (da)
• Dutch: valideren (nl)
• Finnish: laillistaa (fi), vahvistaa (fi) (document etc.); leimata (fi) (ticket etc.)
• Georgian: დამტკიცება (damṭḳiceba), დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba)
• German: entwerten (de)
• Hungarian: érvényesít (hu), (ticket) kezel (hu)
• Ingrian: vahvistaa
• Māori: whakatūturu, whakapūmau, whakamana
• Persian: معتبریدن, ارزش دادن, ارزشمنداندن
• Portuguese: validar (pt)
• 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)

to check the validity of

• Bulgarian: проверявам валидността (proverjavam validnostta)
• Dutch: valideren (nl)
• Estonian: kinnitama
• Finnish: todentaa (fi), tarkastaa (fi)
• French: valider (fr), justifier (fr)
• Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), შემოწმება (šemoc̣meba)
• German: validieren (de)
• Greek: επικυρώνω (el) (epikyróno)
• Hungarian: megerősít (hu), jóváhagy (hu), validál (hu), hitelesít (hu)
• Irish: bailíochtaigh, bailmheas, dearbhaigh a bheith bailí, deimhnigh (ga)
• Italian: validare (it)
• Persian: ارزیابیدن
• 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)

to have its validity successfully proven

• Finnish: kelvata (fi), mennä läpi, olla kelvollinen, olla validi
• Persian: اعتبار داشتن, ارزش داشتن (fa)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

validate (comparative more validate, superlative most validate)

1. (obsolete, law) Valid, validated.

Italian

Verb

validate

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

Anagrams

• dilavate

Spanish

Verb

validate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of validar combined with te