Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Well grounded; just.
- adjective Producing the desired results; efficacious.
- adjective Having legal force; effective or binding.
- adjective Containing premises from which the conclusion may logically be derived.
- adjective Correctly inferred or deduced from a premise.
- adjective Archaic Of sound health; robust.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Strong: powerful; efficient.
- Sufficiently supported by fact; well-grounded; sound; just; good: capable of being justified or defended; not weak or defective: as, a valid reason; a valid objection.
- Good or sufficient in point of law; efficacious; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; sustainable and effective in law, as distinguished from that which exists or took place in fact or appearance, but has not the requisites to entitle it to be. recognized and enforced by law: as, a, valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage; a valid ordination.—4. In zoology and hot., having sufficient classificatory strength or force; scientifically founded or well-grounded; securely established: as, a valid family, genus, or species; & valid classification.
- In logic, having, as an argument, that degree of formal strength and truth that it professes to have.
- In chem., having valence: chiefly used in composition, as in
univalid for univalent, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Strong; powerful; efficient.
- adjective Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious.
- adjective (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Well
grounded orjustifiable ,pertinent . - adjective
Acceptable ,proper orcorrect . - adjective
Related to the current topic, or presented within context,relevant . - adjective logic A
formula orsystem that evaluates totrue regardless of the input values. - adjective logic An
argument whoseconclusion is always true whenever itspremises are true.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective still legally acceptable
- adjective well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Even though there have been many interpretations of the paintings and decorations of this church, none of the researchers gave what I call a valid translation or found Saunière's treasure.
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And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are.
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With an FM3, your temporary vehicle permit will remain valid so long as your FM3 is valid -- no running to the border every 6 months.
Page 2 2009
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If many more calls are required to get the numbers, how valid is the result for the population as a whole -- do the hanger-uppers have the same range of views of those who participate?
Paul Abrams: Witches' Brew: Media's Deliberate Misuse of Polling Data Changes Elections Paul Abrams 2010
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And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are.
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And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are.
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The substantive points I was making above all remain valid either way.
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And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are.
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Anyone who acknowledges these rankings as somewhat valid is complicit in distorting an appropriate world perspective and should feel ashamed.
Matthew Yglesias » Economic Freedom, Universal Health Care, and Labor Unions 2009
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And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are.
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