Meaning of "ratified" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF RATIFIED

ratified

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATIFIED

Ratified is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ratified in English.

WHAT DOES RATIFIED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ratification

Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal. The term applies to private contract law, international treaties, and constitutions in federations such as the United States and Canada.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RATIFIED

PRESENT

Present

I ratify

you ratify

he/she/it ratifies

we ratify

you ratify

they ratify

Present continuous

I am ratifying

you are ratifying

he/she/it is ratifying

we are ratifying

you are ratifying

they are ratifying

Present perfect

I have ratified

you have ratified

he/she/it has ratified

we have ratified

you have ratified

they have ratified

Present perfect continuous

I have been ratifying

you have been ratifying

he/she/it has been ratifying

we have been ratifying

you have been ratifying

they have been ratifying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ratified

you ratified

he/she/it ratified

we ratified

you ratified

they ratified

Past continuous

I was ratifying

you were ratifying

he/she/it was ratifying

we were ratifying

you were ratifying

they were ratifying

Past perfect

I had ratified

you had ratified

he/she/it had ratified

we had ratified

you had ratified

they had ratified

Past perfect continuous

I had been ratifying

you had been ratifying

he/she/it had been ratifying

we had been ratifying

you had been ratifying

they had been ratifying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ratify

you will ratify

he/she/it will ratify

we will ratify

you will ratify

they will ratify

Future continuous

I will be ratifying

you will be ratifying

he/she/it will be ratifying

we will be ratifying

you will be ratifying

they will be ratifying

Future perfect

I will have ratified

you will have ratified

he/she/it will have ratified

we will have ratified

you will have ratified

they will have ratified

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ratifying

you will have been ratifying

he/she/it will have been ratifying

we will have been ratifying

you will have been ratifying

they will have been ratifying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ratified

you would ratified

he/she/it would ratified

we would ratified

you would ratified

they would ratified

Conditional continuous

I would be ratifying

you would be ratifying

he/she/it would be ratifying

we would be ratifying

you would be ratifying

they would be ratifying

Conditional perfect

I would have ratified

you would have ratified

he/she/it would have ratified

we would have ratified

you would have ratified

they would have ratified

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ratifying

you would have been ratifying

he/she/it would have been ratifying

we would have been ratifying

you would have been ratifying

they would have been ratifying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ratify
we let´s ratify
you ratify

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ratify

Past participle

ratified

Present Participle

ratifying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RATIFIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ratified» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ratified

affirm · approve · authenticate · authorize · bear out · bind · certify · confirm · corroborate · endorse · establish · sanction · sign · uphold · validate

TRANSLATION OF RATIFIED

Find out the translation of ratified to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ratified from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ratified» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 批准
• Translator English - Spanish: ratificado
• English: ratified
• Translator English - Hindi: पुष्टि की
• Translator English - Arabic: صدقت
• Translator English - Russian: ратифицирована
• Translator English - Portuguese: ratificada
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুমোদন
• Translator English - French: ratifié
• Translator English - Malay: Disahkan
• Translator English - German: ratifiziert
• Translator English - Japanese: 批准
• Translator English - Korean: 비준
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngratifikasi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phê chuẩn
• Translator English - Tamil: ஒப்புதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: मंजूर केले
• Translator English - Turkish: onaylamış
• Translator English - Italian: ratificato
• Translator English - Polish: ratyfikowana
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ратифікована
• Translator English - Romanian: ratificată
• Translator English - Greek: επικυρωθεί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bekragtig
• Translator English - Swedish: ratificerats
• Translator English - Norwegian: ratifisert

6 QUOTES WITH «RATIFIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ratified.

1

Leonard Boswell

Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846.

2

Andrew Card

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.

3

Henry Anatole Grunwald

Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.

4

Hank Johnson

Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term.

5

Joseph Rotblat

When the START 2 treaty has been implemented - and remember it has not yet been ratified - we will be left with some 15,000 nuclear warheads, active and in reserve. Fifteen thousand weapons with an average yield of 20 Hiroshima bombs.

6

George Will

If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATIFIED»

Discover the use of ratified in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ratified and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The U.N. Convention on Torture and the Prospects for Enforcement

2 The States which have either signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention are: Afghanistan signed 4 Feb. 1985, ratified I Apr. 1987; Albania acceded 11 May 1994; Algeria signed 26 Nov. 1985, ratified 12 Sep. 1989; Antigua and Barbuda ...

Ahcene Boulesbaa, 1999

Lists of Ratifications by Convention and by Country (as of ...

1 80 Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1 996 (No. 1 80) 14.05.2002 Protocol of 1 996 to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 14.05.2002 lslamic Republic of lran 12 ratified conventions ...

‎2002

Forms of Talk

In brief, a ratified participant may not be listening, and someone listening may not be a ratified participant. Now consider that much of talk takes place in the visual and aural range of persons who are not ratified participants and whose access ...

Erving Goffman, 1981

Corruption A Glossary of International Standards in Criminal ...

1999 Ratified 23 Nov. 2004 Entered into force 22 Dec. 2005 Ratified 19 July 2001 Entered into force 1 July 2002 Signed 23 Jan. 2001 Ratified 30 Jan. 2002 Entered into force 1 July 2002 Ratified 7 Nov. 2001 Entered into force 1 July 2002 ...

OECD, 2008

Labour Inspection

82 No. 133 Guyana Ratified Ratified Ratified ... ... ... Haiti Ratified Honduras Ratified Received Received Received Received Received Hungary Ratified Ratified Received Received Received Received Iceland Received Received Received ...

‎2006

The EU Patent Package Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide

7 Hungary V V V when ratified when ratified Ireland when ratified Lithuania V V when ratified when ratified ... ratified Monaco an _____ Macedonia Malta V V V when ratified when ratified Netherlands V V V when ratified when ratified Portugal ...

Hoffmann · Eitle, Dr. Clemens Tobias Steins, LL.M., Heike Alps, LL.M., 2014

The Methodist Year Book ...

Had all ten absentees been present and voted “no," the amendment still would have had the necessary two thirds. The vote in the Senate was 65 to 20. Before September I, 1918, the following States had ratified the amendment by the votes  ...

David Young, Samuel Hart Wright, William Harrison De Puy, 1834

The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

119, 120, 122, 124, 126 China-Denmark (signed 29 April 1985) (ratified 29 ... ( signed 18 November 1994) (ratified 1 April 1995) .... .. ...119, 121, 122 China— Japan (signed 27 August 1988) (ratified 14 May 1989) .................................. ..118, 119, ...

David Collins, 2013

Religious Establishment of the French Republic: being the ...

France. CONVENTION Between the Faancn GOVBRNMENT and his Holimfs the" Pope, PlUS VII. 'ratified the 23d melzctdorr, year 9, (to Sept. 1801.) r The Chief Consul of the French Republic, and His Holiness the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VII.

France, 1802

Landmine Monitor Report 2003: Toward a Mine-free World

... Joined Position Rati fled Ratified Ratified Signed Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified Signed Ratified Ratified Ratified Ratified ...

‎2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATIFIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ratified is used in the context of the following news items.

Loblaw and union ratify six-year deal, avoiding strike

A deal has been ratified between Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and the union representing 12,000 of its employees after four days of voting. One week after both sides ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Hydro One workers ratify contract that gives them a raise, company …

Hydro One employees have ratified a new contract that gives them stock in the company, a raise and a lump-sum payment. The Ontario government offered the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

BRICS Reserve Fund to Start Work 30 Days After Ratification

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The BRICS reserve fund will begin operations one month after it is ratified, according to the Foreign Ministry of Brazil, a BRICS member ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»

Union-Represented GE Workers Ratify 4-Year Contracts

HARTFORD — Union workers at General Electric Co. have ratified contracts that increase compensation by $15,500 over four years, hold the line on health care ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»

New contract ratified at BP-Husky

The company said it was told by leaders of United Steelworkers Local 1-346 that its members have ratified the tentative agreement announced Saturday and the ... «Toledo Blade, Jun 15»

Unifor says five deals with CN ratified, process for sixth deal still …

TORONTO -- Unifor says workers it represents at Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) have ratified five new contracts with the railway. Unifor represents ... «CTV News, Mar 15»

CP Rail workers ratify 4-year deal

Workers at Canadian Pacific Railway have ratified a four-year labour contract with the railway, the union that represents safety inspectors, maintenance and ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»

Brooklyn union workers ratify labor deal with Cablevision

Communications Workers of America Local 1109 says the labor agreement was ratified by a strong margin Saturday night. More than 260 workers are covered ... «Washington Times, Feb 15»

Republicans Are Blocking Ratification of Even the Most Reasonable …

It has been signed by 130 countries and ratified by 60, ten more than it needed to become effective. When the U.N. General Assembly put it to a vote last year, ... «The New Republic, Dec 14»

Global arms trade pact to take force; US Senate has not ratified

The United States, the world's top arms exporter, signed the Arms Trade Treaty in September 2013 but the Senate has not ratified it. The National Rifle ... «Reuters, Dec 14»