valid
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
- 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[1], 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?
- 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.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- (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.
- (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
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- (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
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References edit
- "validity", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. F. L. Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. p. 1667.
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Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).
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Cyrillic | валид | |
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Abjad |
valid (definite accusative validi, plural validlər)
- (Classical Azerbaijani) father
- Synonym: ata
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Further reading edit
- “valid” in Obastan.com.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
valid (strong nominative masculine singular valider, not comparable)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist valid | sie ist valid | es ist valid | sie sind valid | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | valider | valide | valides | valide |
genitive | validen | valider | validen | valider | |
dative | validem | valider | validem | validen | |
accusative | validen | valide | valides | valide | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der valide | die valide | das valide | die validen |
genitive | des validen | der validen | des validen | der validen | |
dative | dem validen | der validen | dem validen | den validen | |
accusative | den validen | die valide | das valide | die validen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein valider | eine valide | ein valides | (keine) validen |
genitive | eines validen | einer validen | eines validen | (keiner) validen | |
dative | einem validen | einer validen | einem validen | (keinen) validen | |
accusative | einen validen | eine valide | ein valides | (keine) validen |
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)
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Further reading edit
- “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
References edit
- “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
References edit
- “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
valid m or n (feminine singular validă, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)
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Further reading edit
- valid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)