validate

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val·i·date /ˈvælədeɪt/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 formalPROVE to prove that something is true or correct, or to make a document or agreement officially and legally acceptable 证实；使生效；使合法化 SYN confirm

The Supreme Court has validated the lower court’s interpretation of the law.

最高法院已经认可下级法院对这条法规的阐释。

Many scientists plan to wait until the results of the study are validated by future research.

许多科学家计划等到调查结果被今后的研究证实了以后再作定论。

2 to make someone feel that their ideas and feelings are respected and considered seriously 使得到认同

Talking with people who think like you helps validate your feelings.

和想法相似的人交谈可以让你的情感得到认同。

3. American EnglishAmE if a business validates a ticket from a parking garage, it puts a special mark on it, showing that it will pay the parking costs 承认，认可〔停车卡，即在上面盖章表示同意支付停车费〕

—validation /ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

validate• Traditionally, entrepreneurs validated a business model, fine-tuned the technology and landed major customers before turning to partnerships.• Gonzalez's concerns are seemingly validated by a federal auditor's report released last year.• All the information used in this report has been validated by an independent panel of experts.• This is an interesting hypothesis, but all attempts to validate it have so far failed.• It is a building block procedure that starts with a foundation of well validated knowledge.• It validated the experience, as the writing of any history brings a persuasion and form to events.• To say that the personal is spiritual validates the sacred experiences of individual women and men.• There are two indirect ways of validating these estimates.

From Longman Business Dictionary

validateval·i·date /ˈvælədeɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal

to prove that something is true, correct, or acceptable

The federal court overturned court rulings validating the company’s patent.

Our data is validated to ensure reliability.

—validation noun [uncountableU]

A samplevalidation check showed there were two suspect areas of information.

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