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Validate: meaning and sentence examples
validate means to support or confirm something with evidence. Watch the story, then try free practice below.
Read the story
My bridge can hold ten books!
That's a claim. Let's test it.
One, three, six, nine...
Ten books. The bridge holds!
Does that validate my claim?
Yes. Validate means support or confirm with evidence.
The test supports exactly what you claimed: the bridge can hold ten books.
What about eleven?
Wait—that needs a new test!
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What does validate mean?
to support or confirm something with evidence.
How the story shows the meaning
The claim is that this bridge can hold ten books. Holding those books supports that particular claim under the test conditions. It does not automatically establish that it can hold eleven or every heavier load.
validate in a sentence
- The measurements helped validate our claim that the new container kept water cooler.
- We repeated the experiment to check whether the results would validate the prediction.
- One successful test did not validate every claim about the bridge.
Always ask which claim the evidence supports. Validate also has other uses, such as confirming a ticket or acknowledging someone’s feelings; the story uses the evidence-based meaning.
Check your understanding
Read the answer and explanation
It can hold these ten books under the tested conditions. Correct. This matches the claim and the evidence actually observed.
Try two more questions
Explain your thinking, then open a sample answer. These are extra practice examples to use after watching.
1. What should the characters do before claiming the bridge holds eleven books?
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Test that new load under suitable conditions and observe the result. The ten-book result alone does not settle it.
2. Write a sentence using validate about a claim you could check.
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For example, “We timed both routes to see whether the results would validate our claim that the park route is faster.” Name the claim and evidence.
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