validatory
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Serving to support or corroborate; providing confirmation or proof: The word "validatory" describes something that acts to validate, confirm, or substantiate a claim, theory, or piece of information.
Usage
The adjective "validatory" is formal and is primarily used in academic, legal, or technical contexts to describe evidence, procedures, or actions that serve a confirming function. It is often used attributively (before a noun).
Examples
- The researchers presented validatory data from three independent experiments.
- The audit served a validatory purpose, confirming the accuracy of the financial statements.
- A second signature on the document provided the necessary validatory approval.
Advanced Usage
- In a procedural context: Can describe a step or measure designed to ensure correctness.
- The software includes a validatory check to prevent data entry errors.
- In a theoretical context: Can describe evidence that supports a hypothesis.
- The discovery of the fossil acted as validatory evidence for the new evolutionary model.
Variants and Related Words
- Validate (verb): To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.
- The experiment was designed to validate the hypothesis.
- Validation (noun): The action of checking or proving the validity or accuracy of something.
- The process requires validation by an external authority.
- Valid (adjective): Sound, just, or well-founded; legally binding.
- She presented a valid passport.
Synonyms
- Confirmatory: Serving to confirm.
- Corroborative: Serving to support or strengthen.
- Substantiating: Providing evidence to support or prove the truth of.
- Supportive: Providing support or backing.
Antonyms
- Invalidating: Making something unsound or legally void; disproving.
- Contradictory: Mutually opposed or inconsistent.
- Disconfirming: Showing a belief or hypothesis to be false.
Adjective
- serving to support or corroborate
- collateral evidence