ratifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈræt.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈræt̬.ə.faɪ/formal(especially of governments or organizations) to make an agreement official:
Many countries have now ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child.
The decision will have to be ratified (= approved) by the executive board.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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ratification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌræt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌræt̬.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/