Ratify
verb
To officially agree to a law, contract, decision, etc.
The president is expected to ratify the bill into law.
Often appears as...
- ratify a treaty
- ratify an agreement
verb
To confirm or validate something by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.
The contract was ratified by the board of directors.
Often appears as...
- ratify a constitution
- ratify a law
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Formal, Approving
Technical
verb
In trade union terminology, to accept or approve an agreement by vote.
The workers ratified the new pay agreement.
Often appears as...
- ratify a vote
- ratify a pay agreement
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Technical
verb
To officially agree to a law, contract, decision, etc.
The president is expected to ratify the bill into law.
Often appears as...
- ratify a treaty
- ratify an agreement
verb
To confirm or validate something by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.
The contract was ratified by the board of directors.
Often appears as...
- ratify a constitution
- ratify a law
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Technical
verb
In trade union terminology, to accept or approve an agreement by vote.
The workers ratified the new pay agreement.
Often appears as...
- ratify a vote
- ratify a pay agreement
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Official Approval
Ratify means a formal and official way of giving approval, it's not casual.
The treaty was ratified by all member states.
Pro Tip 2/3Binding Decision
Once ratified, the decision or law becomes binding and enforceable.
The amendments to the constitution were ratified last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Process Completion
Ratification is often the last step in a law-making or decision process.
After the ratification, the new policy was implemented.
Pro Tip 1/3Official Approval
Ratify means a formal and official way of giving approval, it's not casual.
The treaty was ratified by all member states.
Pro Tip 2/3Binding Decision
Once ratified, the decision or law becomes binding and enforceable.
The amendments to the constitution were ratified last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Process Completion
Ratification is often the last step in a law-making or decision process.
After the ratification, the new policy was implemented.
Pro Tip 1/3Official Approval
Ratify means a formal and official way of giving approval, it's not casual.
The treaty was ratified by all member states.
Pro Tip 2/3Binding Decision
Once ratified, the decision or law becomes binding and enforceable.
The amendments to the constitution were ratified last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Process Completion
Ratification is often the last step in a law-making or decision process.
After the ratification, the new policy was implemented.
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What if a US presidential...
And even more importantly, that concession speech has a technical function in that it kind of allows all the other stuff that our constitution requires after the voting, and there are a bunch of steps like, you've got the electoral college that has got to meet, you've got Congress who's got to ratify this thing, you've got an inauguration to be had,
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Why wasn’t the Bill of...
their real motives were mostly practical. Changing the constitution when it had already been ratified by some states could complicate the entire process. More importantly, Madison felt that people's rights were already guaranteed through the democratic process, while adding extra provisions risked misinterpretation.
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Portraits of Afghanistan...
girls were back in school women shed their burqas and cities and returned to the workplace some even joined newly created police and military units over the next year the afghan government ratified a new constitution and held a democratic election for president foreign aid increased access to
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Peter Eigen: How to...
and the members of our parliament don't want to change this, and this is why they can't sign the U.N. convention against foreign bribery -- one of they very, very few countries which is preaching honesty and good governance everywhere in the world, but not able to ratify the convention,
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We need nuclear power to...
that are being ratified by nations around the world. I think we can be very hopeful that those agreements, which are bottom-up agreements, where nations have said what they think they can do, are genuine and forthcoming for the vast majority of the parties. The unfortunate thing
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How to expose the...
bribery one of the very very few countries which is preaching honesty and good governance everywhere in the world not able to ratify a convention which we managed to get on the books this about 160 countries all over the world I see my time is ticking
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The oddities of the...
These electors then voted for president. All the states had to do was get their votes in on time. But there were glitches. Only 10 of the 13 states voted. Rhode Island and North Carolina hadn't ratified the constitution and couldn't vote.
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Why is the US...
or a request from two-thirds of state legislatures to call a national convention, and that's just the first step. To actually change the Constitution, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters of all states.
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New thinking on the...
advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation. You've seen this slide before, but there's a change. The only two countries that didn't ratify
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A 3-minute guide to the...
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- also known as the Bill of Rights -- were ratified or passed over 200 years ago.
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What if a US presidential...
And even more importantly, that concession speech has a technical function in that it kind of allows all the other stuff that our constitution requires after the voting, and there are a bunch of steps like, you've got the electoral college that has got to meet, you've got Congress who's got to ratify this thing, you've got an inauguration to be had,
Video examples
Why wasn’t the Bill of...
their real motives were mostly practical. Changing the constitution when it had already been ratified by some states could complicate the entire process. More importantly, Madison felt that people's rights were already guaranteed through the democratic process, while adding extra provisions risked misinterpretation.
Video examples
Portraits of Afghanistan...
girls were back in school women shed their burqas and cities and returned to the workplace some even joined newly created police and military units over the next year the afghan government ratified a new constitution and held a democratic election for president foreign aid increased access to
Video examples
Peter Eigen: How to...
and the members of our parliament don't want to change this, and this is why they can't sign the U.N. convention against foreign bribery -- one of they very, very few countries which is preaching honesty and good governance everywhere in the world, but not able to ratify the convention,
Video examples
We need nuclear power to...
that are being ratified by nations around the world. I think we can be very hopeful that those agreements, which are bottom-up agreements, where nations have said what they think they can do, are genuine and forthcoming for the vast majority of the parties. The unfortunate thing
Video examples
How to expose the...
bribery one of the very very few countries which is preaching honesty and good governance everywhere in the world not able to ratify a convention which we managed to get on the books this about 160 countries all over the world I see my time is ticking
Video examples
The oddities of the...
These electors then voted for president. All the states had to do was get their votes in on time. But there were glitches. Only 10 of the 13 states voted. Rhode Island and North Carolina hadn't ratified the constitution and couldn't vote.
Video examples
Why is the US...
or a request from two-thirds of state legislatures to call a national convention, and that's just the first step. To actually change the Constitution, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters of all states.
Video examples
New thinking on the...
advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation. You've seen this slide before, but there's a change. The only two countries that didn't ratify
Video examples
A 3-minute guide to the...
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- also known as the Bill of Rights -- were ratified or passed over 200 years ago.
Example 1 of 10
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Che Guevara
Argentinian Revolutionary
I could become very rich in Guatemala but by the low method of ratifying my title, opening a clinic, and specialising in allergies. To do that would be the most horrible betrayal of the two 'I's' struggling inside me: the socialist and the traveller.
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Kerry James Marshall
American Artist
For black people, everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces a kind of racial hierarchy where whiteness is the privileged position to be in, and ethnicity is problematic.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
In so many ways, a lot of the drive I've had to do certain things has been because of this sense that I have both the opportunity and in some sense the obligation to ratify that my parents' life had purpose.
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James Madison
American President
I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution.
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Andrew Card
American Politician
Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.
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Mark Meadows
American Politician
Once the USMCA is sent to Congress, the House has a responsibility to step up and swiftly ratify the agreement.
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Jose Manuel Barroso
Portuguese Politician
The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
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Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.
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Che Guevara
Argentinian Revolutionary
I could become very rich in Guatemala but by the low method of ratifying my title, opening a clinic, and specialising in allergies. To do that would be the most horrible betrayal of the two 'I's' struggling inside me: the socialist and the traveller.
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Kerry James Marshall
American Artist
For black people, everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces a kind of racial hierarchy where whiteness is the privileged position to be in, and ethnicity is problematic.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
In so many ways, a lot of the drive I've had to do certain things has been because of this sense that I have both the opportunity and in some sense the obligation to ratify that my parents' life had purpose.
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James Madison
American President
I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution.
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Andrew Card
American Politician
Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.
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Mark Meadows
American Politician
Once the USMCA is sent to Congress, the House has a responsibility to step up and swiftly ratify the agreement.
Quote examples
Jose Manuel Barroso
Portuguese Politician
The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
Quote examples
David Mamet
American Dramatist
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
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Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.
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