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validate

verb/ˈvælɪdeɪt/

B1CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To confirm to someone that their feelings or reactions are understandable and legitimate.

It helps to validate a patient's worry before explaining why the results are reassuring.

Similar: affirm

Topic: Patient-facing communication in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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