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Definition of ratify in English: ratifyverbratifies, ratified, ratifying ˈratɪfʌɪˈrædəˌfaɪ [with object]Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year Example sentencesExamples - The establishment of this air police force has been ratified by the State Council.
- Ironically, the peace that Wilson worked so hard to shape was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.
- Seven countries have already ratified the constitution with two more countries well on track.
- Judges are nominated by the president and ratified by the Senate.
- The emergency powers were subsequently ratified in parliament by a substantial majority.
- The Federal Government will not ratify the protocol until the economic impact of doing so is fully assessed.
- The Treaty was ratified by both countries in 1988.
- Parliament unanimously ratified an agreement on Wednesday allowing this.
- The Canadian government hasn't ratified this agreement yet.
- Amendments to the Articles had to be ratified by the legislature of every state.
- The new district plan is due to be ratified by the district council on April 21.
- Doctors finally ratified a contract in 2002 that gave them an average wage increase of $50,000 each.
- Where was the consortium of great powers which had once established, or at least formally ratified disputed frontiers?
- The deed was signed on 12 May 2001, and subsequently ratified by a significant majority of the people.
- He warned their entry to the EU depended on member states ratifying the accession treaties.
- After a contract was ratified in February 2003, she continued her work with non-tenure-track faculty members.
- The convention, on March 11, 1861, unanimously ratified a permanent constitution.
- All three are expected to be ratified unanimously at the party convention on the 16th November.
- The new contract was ratified by a majority of only 56 percent.
- But the vote will have to be ratified at an extraordinary meeting of the full council today.
- The United States is a signatory to that agreement but has not yet ratified the convention.
Synonyms confirm, approve, sanction, endorse, agree to, accept, consent to, assent to, affirm, uphold, corroborate, authorize, formalize, certify, validate, recognize
Derivatives adjective If all wrongs were ratifiable, but with interested directors excluded from voting, then the basis for individual suit to enforce breaches of directors' duties would have to be re-considered.
noun ˈratɪfʌɪəˈrædəˌfaɪr Historians continue to deepen our understanding of how varied and occasionally contradictory were the intentions of various framers and ratifiers. Example sentencesExamples - Whose intentions or original meanings should prevail - those of Madison, of the Convention, or of the ratifiers?
- The ratifier analyses the answers according to the parameters, removes redundancies and evaluates the psychological profile of the candidate.
- It's true that the ratifier countries have a right to make their voice heard.
- He felt that hypnotic physiological effects served as the most powerful ratifiers of trance experience.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ratifier, from medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus 'fixed' (see rate1). Rhymes beatify, gratify, stratify Definition of ratify in US English: ratifyverbˈradəˌfīˈrædəˌfaɪ [with object]Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year Example sentencesExamples - The convention, on March 11, 1861, unanimously ratified a permanent constitution.
- Judges are nominated by the president and ratified by the Senate.
- But the vote will have to be ratified at an extraordinary meeting of the full council today.
- All three are expected to be ratified unanimously at the party convention on the 16th November.
- Amendments to the Articles had to be ratified by the legislature of every state.
- The Treaty was ratified by both countries in 1988.
- Where was the consortium of great powers which had once established, or at least formally ratified disputed frontiers?
- The establishment of this air police force has been ratified by the State Council.
- The Federal Government will not ratify the protocol until the economic impact of doing so is fully assessed.
- After a contract was ratified in February 2003, she continued her work with non-tenure-track faculty members.
- The new contract was ratified by a majority of only 56 percent.
- The deed was signed on 12 May 2001, and subsequently ratified by a significant majority of the people.
- Parliament unanimously ratified an agreement on Wednesday allowing this.
- He warned their entry to the EU depended on member states ratifying the accession treaties.
- Ironically, the peace that Wilson worked so hard to shape was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.
- Doctors finally ratified a contract in 2002 that gave them an average wage increase of $50,000 each.
- Seven countries have already ratified the constitution with two more countries well on track.
- The United States is a signatory to that agreement but has not yet ratified the convention.
- The Canadian government hasn't ratified this agreement yet.
- The emergency powers were subsequently ratified in parliament by a substantial majority.
- The new district plan is due to be ratified by the district council on April 21.
Synonyms confirm, approve, sanction, endorse, agree to, accept, consent to, assent to, affirm, uphold, corroborate, authorize, formalize, certify, validate, recognize
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ratifier, from medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus ‘fixed’ (see rate). |