valid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +‎ -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ælɪd
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈvæ.lɪd/, /ˈveɪ.lɪd/

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

   I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.

   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 164:

     Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

   A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.

   Do not drive without a valid license.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

   An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.

6. (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

Antonyms

• invalid
• nonvalid

Hyponyms

• (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound

Related terms

Translations

References

• "validity", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. F. L. Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. p. 1667.

Anagrams

• Advil, davil

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Noun

valid (definite accusative validi, plural validlər)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) father

   Synonym: ata

Related terms

Further reading

• “valid” in Obastan.com.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈliːt/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

valid (strong nominative masculine singular valider, not comparable)

1. valid

Declension

Further reading

• “valid” in Duden online
• “valid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +‎ -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: va‧lid

Noun

valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)

1. valid

   Synonyms: berlaku, sahih

Related terms

Further reading

• “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlid/

Adjective

valid m or n (feminine singular validă, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)

1. valid

Declension

Related terms

• validitate

Further reading

• valid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)