valid
Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
Adjective
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
- 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...
Synonyms: arguable groundly proper warrantable
- 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.
Synonyms: legit legitimate
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
Synonyms: applicable germane apposite apt felicitous in point material on point on-topic pertinent relevant salient to the point valid
- Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- 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.
- Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“to be strong, to be healthy, to be worth”) + -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).
Forms
Synonyms
acceptable allowable legit legitimate leveful licit permissible rightful rulable true valid
Antonyms
invalid nonvalid disallowed illegitimate illicit nonstandard nude null null and void unvalid void
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validate validation validator validness compatible compliant conformant standard suitable