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How to pronounce ratified in English?

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The EFSF expansion has been ratified by the 16 other countries in the euro zone.
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Three countries-El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala-have already ratified CAFTA.
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The proposal has been passed by the UCLA board and may well be ratified by July.
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This was subsequently ratified by a two thirds majority in a referendum in 1975.
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A rule change must be ratified by at least 24 of the 32 teams to go into effect.
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This decision was ratified later, unanimously by party members, August 22, 2009.
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The passing of the Endangered Species Act three years later ratified its status.
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To date, 43 countries have signed the Convention and 29 states have ratified it.
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The 15th amendment, ratified in 1870, extended the right to vote to black males.
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  • Sign: approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"
  • (ratification) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment"
  • (ratified) formally approved and invested with legal authority
  • Ratification is the approval by the principal 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 constitutionals in federations such as the United States and Canada.
  • To give formal consent to; make officially valid
  • (ratification) the act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified; a formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc
  • (Ratification) The process used by an agency's contracting officers to approve and legitimize an otherwise proper contract made by an individual without contracting authority.
  • (Ratification) Formal approval, often by a Parliament or other national legislature, of a convention, protocol, or treaty, enabling a country to become a Party. Ratification is a separate process that occurs after a country has signed an agreement. ...
  • (Ratification) The act approving an amendment to the United States Constitution.