From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvalidateval‧i‧date /ˈvælədeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 1 formalPROVE to prove that something is true or correct, or to make a document or agreement officially and legally acceptable SYN confirm The Supreme Court has validated the lower court’s interpretation of the law. Many scientists plan to wait until the results of the study are validated by future research.2 to make someone feel that their ideas and feelings are respected and considered seriously Talking with people who think like you helps validate your feelings.3 American English 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 —validation /ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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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 Dictionaryvalidateval‧i‧date /ˈvælədeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal to prove that something is true, correct, or acceptableThe federal court overturned court rulings validating the company’s patent.Our data is validated to ensure reliability. —validation noun [uncountable]A samplevalidation check showed there were two suspect areas of information.→ See Verb table 