Meaning & use

validated

adjective·Academic

Officially confirmed or recognized as accurate, sound, or legally acceptable.

See it in a sentence

The scientist's results were validated by three independent laboratories before publication.

Make sure your parking ticket is validated at the front desk before you leave.

A note on using this word

In everyday speech, feeling 'validated' can also mean feeling that one's emotions or opinions have been acknowledged as reasonable.

Words with a similar meaning

confirmedverified

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Words with an opposite meaning

disprovedinvalidated

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