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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
Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2025
Once a car has been homologated, the specification is locked in for a period of five years.
—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
Cite this Entry
“Homologate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homologate. Accessed 29 Nov. 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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