RATIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: ratified

Present simple: I / you / we / they ratify ... he / she / it ratifies

Past simple: ratified

Past participle: ratified

-ing form: ratifying

Meaning:

Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

Example:

Have you signed your contract yet?

Synonyms:

ratify; sign

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ratify" is one way to...):

formalise; formalize; validate (declare or make legally valid)

"Ratify" entails doing...:

endorse; indorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ratification (making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it)

ratifier (someone who expresses strong approval)