Meanings
validate1
present singular third person validates · participle present validating · participle past validated · past validated
- ergativeTo have its validity successfully proven.
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validate2
comparative more validate · superlative most validate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdeclare or make legally valid
verbprove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
validate · verb
- Middle Frenchvalider
- Medieval Latinvalidātus“to validate”
- Englishvalidate
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.
More words from Medieval Latin, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →validate · adjective
- Medieval Latinvalidātus
- Englishvalidate
First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more.
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian утвърждавам, ратифицирам
- утвърждавам (utvărždavam)to render valid
- ратифицирам (ratificiram)to render valid
- проверявам валидността (proverjavam validnostta)to check the validity of
Danish bekræfte
- bekræfteto render valid
Dutch valideren, valideren
- validerento render valid
- validerento check the validity of
Estonian kinnitama
- kinnitamato check the validity of
Finnish laillistaa, vahvistaa
- laillistaato render valid
- vahvistaato render valid
- leimatato render valid
- todentaato check the validity of
- tarkastaato check the validity of
- kelvatato have its validity successfully proven
- mennä läpito have its validity successfully proven
- olla kelvollinento have its validity successfully proven
- olla validito have its validity successfully proven
French valider, justifier
- validerto check the validity of
- justifierto check the validity of
German validieren
- validierento check the validity of
Greek επικυρώνω
- επικυρώνω (epikyróno)to check the validity of
Hungarian érvényesít, kezel
- érvényesítto render valid
- kezelto render valid
- megerősítto check the validity of
- jóváhagyto check the validity of
- validálto check the validity of
- hitelesítto check the validity of
Irish bailíochtaigh, bailmheas
- bailíochtaighto check the validity of
- bailmheasto check the validity of
- dearbhaigh a bheith bailíto check the validity of
- deimhnighto check the validity of
Italian validare
- validareto check the validity of
Māori whakatūturu, whakapūmau
- whakatūturuto render valid
- whakapūmauto render valid
- whakamanato render valid
Persian معتبریدن, ارزش دادن
- معتبریدنto render valid
- ارزش دادنto render valid
- ارزشمنداندنto render valid
- ارزیابیدنto check the validity of
- اعتبار داشتنto have its validity successfully proven
- ارزش داشتنto have its validity successfully proven
Polish walidować, przeprowadzać walidację
- walidowaćto check the validity of
- przeprowadzać walidacjęto check the validity of
Portuguese validar, validar
- validarto render valid
- validarto check the validity of
Russian утвержда́ть, утверди́ть
- утвержда́ть (utverždátʹ)to render valid
- утверди́ть (utverdítʹ)to render valid
- ратифици́ровать (ratificírovatʹ)to render valid
- проводи́ть валида́цию (provodítʹ validáciju)to check the validity of
- провести́ валида́цию (provestí validáciju)to check the validity of
- подтвержда́ть пра́вильность (podtverždátʹ právilʹnostʹ)to check the validity of
- подтверди́ть пра́вильность (podtverdítʹ právilʹnostʹ)to check the validity of
Spanish validar, confirmar
- validarto render valid
- confirmarto check the validity of
- validarto check the validity of
Swedish förklara giltig, göra gällande
- förklara giltigto render valid
- göra gällandeto render valid
- bekräftato render valid
- bekräftato check the validity of
- giltigförklarato check the validity of
- validerato check the validity of
Cite this entry
validate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validate
“validate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “validate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validate.
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