ratifyrat‧i‧fy /ˈrætɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle ratified, present participle ratifying, third person singular ratifies) [transitive] 
We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.► see thesaurus at approve—ratification /ˌrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: an attempt to delay ratification of the treaty
WORD ORIGINratify
Origin:
1300-1400 French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus; ➔ RATE1VERB TABLE
ratify
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | ratify |
| he, she, it | ratifies | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ratified |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ratified |
| he, she, it | has ratified | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ratified |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ratify |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ratified |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am ratifying |
| he, she, it | is ratifying | |
| you, we, they | are ratifying | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was ratifying |
| you, we, they | were ratifying | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ratifying |
| he, she, it | has been ratifying | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ratifying |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ratifying |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ratifying |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A 1961 treaty ratified by 125 nations outlawed the production of cocaine.
- Congress failed to ratify the treaty until two years later.
- The US Senate refused to ratify the agreement on weapons reduction.
- Because his ennoblement could not be ratified until the Dragon Throne was formally occupied, Alexei was not permitted to vote.
- But the administration faces two high hurdles in efforts to get the treaty ratified.
- Kharin's three-and-a-half-year contract with Chelsea is expected to be ratified within the next week, when he receives a work permit.
- Massachusetts ratified by 187 against 168.
- The decision still has to be ratified by the Finance and Management Services Committee.
- We ratified the treaty in 1951 but under our constitution this gives no right of action in our domestic courts.
THESAURUS
to officially accept a plan, proposal etc: · The Medical Research Council has approved the use of a new drug for breast cancer.
to approve a law or proposal, especially by voting: · Many anti-smoking laws have been passed.
to make a written agreement official by signing it: · The treaty was ratified by the Senate in 1988.
to approve something without really thinking about it – used to show disapproval: · Parliament merely rubber-stamped the president’s decisions.
Longman Language Activatorto officially accept a new law or proposal if a parliament or similar group passes a law or proposal, the members vote to accept it: · The State Assembly passed a law which banned smoking in public places.pass by: · The bill was passed by 197 votes to 50.
to officially accept something that has been planned to happen: · The Medical Research Council said it could not approve the use of the new drug without further tests.· Congress voted not to approve the President's plans for cutting the arms budget.
: ratify an agreement/treaty to officially agree to accept an agreement that someone else has already agreed to accept: · The US Senate refused to ratify the agreement on weapons reduction.· A 1961 treaty ratified by 125 nations outlawed the production of cocaine.
if a suggestion, proposal etc is carried , most of the people at an official meeting vote in favour of it and it is accepted: · Chao's proposal for a new downtown parking facility was carried at yesterday's council meeting.be carried by 20 votes/100 votes etc: · The motion to restrict handgun sales was carried by 76 votes (=76 more people voted for it than voted against it).
if a court or a judge upholds a legal decision made by another court, they decide that it is right and they accept it: · The court's decision upheld state laws prohibiting doctor-assisted suicide.uphold by: · The decision was upheld by the US Supreme Court late last year.
if an official committee or someone in authority rubber-stamps a decision, they approve it immediately without thinking about it or discussing it because they have no real power of their own: · The town council usually rubber-stamped anything the mayor sent their way.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to make a written agreement official by signing itratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty. (=make it official by signing it or accepting it)· The Government cannot ratify the treaty without Parliament’s consent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· President Corazon Aquino had appealed to the Senate to ratify the agreement.
· This urged states to sign and ratify the convention and to make domestic legislation and administrative procedures compatible with it.· Enough countries ratified the Convention to bring it into force.· But there has been pressure from the Department of the Environment to ratify the convention.· The meeting was an attempt to ratify the 1997 Kyoto convention on reducing greenhouse gases.
· Their purpose is to encourage countries to ratify the Kyoto protocol on reducing carbon emissions.· Signed by 161 countries and ratified by 68· The parliaments of both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of February 1991.· The Covenant is designed to guarantee civil and political rights to persons within each country that ratifies it.· It will come into being once 60 countries ratify their leaders' decision to join.· It came into force in March 1983 after two thirds of the signing countries had ratified it.· Enough countries ratified the Convention to bring it into force.· When Maastricht was agreed 11 months ago, all countries pledged to ratify it before the end of this year.
· It will come into being once 60 countries ratify their leaders' decision to join.· Congress voted on Nov. 26 by 78 votes to 24 to ratify the decision.· The councillors ratified the decision taken earlier by the education committee.· And that will cause uproar tonight when the general committee gather to ratify the decision.
· But the state's Labor government refused to ratify the new law for nine months.· Mr Hurd said the amendment would have no effect and that the Government would ratify the treaty anyway.· But Mr Hurd said that the amendment would have no effect and that the Government would ratify the treaty anyway.
· This could, of course, occur even if the Member States failed to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.· In a letter he told him not to interfere in Britain's moves to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.· It does not ratify the Maastricht Treaty and any political discussion about whether it should or not is out of order.
· Their purpose is to encourage countries to ratify the Kyoto protocol on reducing carbon emissions.· Of the total of fourteen states now party to the Convention, half have ratified the Protocol.
· President Corazon Aquino had appealed to the Senate to ratify the agreement.· The Senate ratified the treaty in 1854.· The Senate must ratify his reappointment.· Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
· This urged states to sign and ratify the convention and to make domestic legislation and administrative procedures compatible with it.· Constitutional amendments go from Congress directly to state legislatures; 38 states must ratify them.· It came into force for those states which had ratified it in 1953.· Both houses must approve by two-thirds margins, and 38 state legislatures must ratify such fundamental changes.· Both houses must pass an amendment by a two-thirds margin and three-fourths of the states then must ratify it.· These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.
· We ratified the treaty in 1951 but under our constitution this gives no right of action in our domestic courts.· The Senate ratified the treaty in 1854.· We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty and implement its terms.· In a letter he told him not to interfere in Britain's moves to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.· Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.· It does not ratify the Maastricht Treaty and any political discussion about whether it should or not is out of order.· Any state attempting to join later would have to ratify the treaty first-usually a long process.
VERB· But the state's Labor government refused to ratify the new law for nine months.· If we refuse to ratify, some governments will use our refusal as an excuse to keep their chemical weapons.
We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.► see thesaurus at approve—ratification /ˌrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: an attempt to delay ratification of the treaty