Definition of ratification in English:
ratification
noun ratɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌrædəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states
Example sentencesExamples
- The Convention will be in force after ratification by 30 governments.
- The final ratification was lodged with the Council in October 1997.
- Ratification of the agreement by pilots will require several weeks.
- Reconciliation cannot wait for the ratification of a comprehensive peace treaty.
- The ratification of the treaty is the only way these countries can accede to the EU.
- They enter into force upon ratification by Parliament.
- The administration did not intend to submit the treaty for Senate ratification.
- On February 16, 2005, 140 nations celebrated the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
- No time limit had been placed on ratification of these initial amendments by Congress.
- The treaty requires ratification by referenda in a number of EU states.
Definition of ratification in US English:
ratification
nounˌrædəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌradəfəˈkāSH(ə)n
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states
Example sentencesExamples
- No time limit had been placed on ratification of these initial amendments by Congress.
- The Convention will be in force after ratification by 30 governments.
- Reconciliation cannot wait for the ratification of a comprehensive peace treaty.
- Ratification of the agreement by pilots will require several weeks.
- The treaty requires ratification by referenda in a number of EU states.
- The final ratification was lodged with the Council in October 1997.
- The administration did not intend to submit the treaty for Senate ratification.
- On February 16, 2005, 140 nations celebrated the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
- The ratification of the treaty is the only way these countries can accede to the EU.
- They enter into force upon ratification by Parliament.