verb · academic
validate
/ˈvælɪdeɪt/VAL·i·date
Band 6-7task2speaking
to check or prove that something is accurate, true, or acceptable, often by using evidence or tests
Examples
“Researchers validate the survey results by comparing them with national statistics.”
“The software must be validated before it can be used in clinical trials.”
“I validated her claim by checking the original documents.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before publishing, the team validated their model with independent datasets to ensure the results were robust.”
Collocations
- validate data
- validate a method
- validate results/findings
Word family
validation nounvalidated adj
Common mistakes
confirm→validate
prove→validate
Say it for a higher band
5confirm→6verify→7+validate
Synonyms
confirm
verify
Easily confused
verify
“We need to validate the questionnaire before the main study.”
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