{
    "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’."
}