val·i·date 
/ˈvæləˌdeɪt/ verb
val·i·dates; val·i·dat·ed; val·i·dat·ing /ˈvæləˌdeɪt/ verb [+ obj] 1 : to make (something) valid: such as a : to state or show that something is legal or official
▪ The court validated the contract. ▪ A judge still needs to validate the election.
b : to put a mark on (something) to show that it has been checked and is official or accepted
▪ Customs officers validated our passports. ▪ They validated our parking ticket as soon as we arrived. [=they stamped the ticket so that we would not have to pay for parking] 2 : to show that something is real or correct
▪ The claims cannot yet be validated. [=confirmed] ▪ experiments that are designed to validate [=prove] a hypothesis 3 : to show that someone's feelings, opinions, etc., are fair and reasonable
▪ The decline in sales only validated our concerns. — opposite invalidate
▪ The court validated the contract. ▪ A judge still needs to validate the election.
b : to put a mark on (something) to show that it has been checked and is official or accepted
▪ Customs officers validated our passports. ▪ They validated our parking ticket as soon as we arrived. [=they stamped the ticket so that we would not have to pay for parking]
▪ The claims cannot yet be validated. [=confirmed] ▪ experiments that are designed to validate [=prove] a hypothesis
▪ The decline in sales only validated our concerns. — opposite invalidate
— val·i·da·tion /ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
▪ Further validation is needed before the findings are published. ▪ the validation of our concerns ▪ The restaurant provides parking validation.
/ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən/ noun [noncount] ▪ Further validation is needed before the findings are published. ▪ the validation of our concerns ▪ The restaurant provides parking validation.
