0 to make something officially acceptable or approved, especially after examining it: --
He feels that today's economic problems validate his opposition to the policy.
UK It is a one-year course validated by London's City University.
The data is validated automatically by the computer after it has been entered.
1 to make something officially acceptable or approved: --
2 to check that something is officially true and acceptable, especially in order to approve it: --
The test results have been validated by independent experts.
3 to make something legally acceptable: --
However, the methodology tested in this study needs to be validated using additional data on similar patients and using data on patients with other diseases.
However, this result needed to be validated in an animal disease model.
The work associated with a database includes collecting, annotating, curating, storing, validating and preparing specific sets for transmission.
Changes in total body water were assessed using a previously validated electrical bioimpedance method.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical and generic issues discussed in the literature.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical issues discussed in the literature.
From that time onward its use was validated far and wide.
There is some suggestion that the early starter trajectory might be validated by prevention trials.
