valid
See also: vàlid
English
Etymology
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 *wal (“be strong”).
Adjective
valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
- Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- 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?
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
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- Acceptable, proper or correct.
- A valid format for the date is MM/DD/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.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
Related terms
Translations
well grounded or justifiable, pertinent
acceptable, proper or correct
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German
Declension
Declension of valid
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
References
- “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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