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
- IPA(key): /ˈvælɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ælɪd
- (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˈvæ.lɪd/, /ˈveɪ.lɪd/
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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Hyponyms edit
- (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).
Noun edit
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 |
Further reading edit
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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)
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