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Who needs homologate? We have any number of words that mean "to officially approve something": accredit, affirm, approbate, authorize, certify, confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction, validate, and warrant, to name a few. Homologate has mostly been kept for special occasions. The beauty of homologate is that, etymologically speaking, it's an easy word, consisting as it does of the familiar Greek roots homos, meaning "alike" or "same," and logos, meaning "word" or "speech"—in other words, it suggests saying the same thing. No argument here.
Examples of homologate in a Sentence
Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Pricing and Which One to Buy While the Valkyrie has been homologated for street use in other countries, Aston Martin will sell it in the United States only for track use.
—Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2023
The coupe, called the DB7 Zagato and of which 99 examples were made, was never homologated for sale stateside, which is a pity, given its exquisite shape and ultimate rarity.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2023
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“Homologate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homologate. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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homologate
transitive verb
Medieval Latin homologatus, past participle of homologare to agree, from Greek homologein, from homologos agreeing
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