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English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- Synonyms: arguable, groundly, proper, warrantable
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, archived from the original on 5 September 2015, 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.
- Synonyms: legit, legitimate; see also Thesaurus:valid
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.
- Synonyms: applicable, germane; see also Thesaurus:pertinent
- (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
- (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
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Translations
well grounded or justifiable, pertinent
- Bulgarian: обоснован (bg) (obosnovan)
- Catalan: vàlid (ca)
- Danish: valid
- Estonian: põhjendatud
- Finnish: kelvollinen (fi), pätevä (fi), aiheellinen (fi), perusteltu (fi)
- Galician: válido (gl), valedeiro
- Georgian: დასაბუთებული (dasabutebuli), მოქმედი (mokmedi)
- Hungarian: alapos (hu), megalapozott (hu), indokolt (hu)
- Indonesian: valid (id)
- Irish: bailí
- Māori: whaimana, whaitake, whaitake
- Romanian: valid (ro)
- Spanish: válido (es), valedero (es)
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acceptable, proper or correct
- Arabic: شَرَعِيّ (šaraʕiyy)
- Armenian: վավեր (vaver)
- Azerbaijani: keçərli
- Belarusian: дзе́йсны (dzjéjsny), сапра́ўдны (be) (sapráwdny)
- Bulgarian: вали́ден (bg) (valíden), действи́телен (bg) (dejstvítelen)
- Catalan: vàlid (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有效的 (zh) (yǒuxiào de)
- Czech: platný (cs)
- Danish: gyldig
- Dutch: geldig (nl)
- Esperanto: valida
- Estonian: korrektne, õigustatud
- Finnish: kelpaava (fi), pätevä (fi), voimassa oleva, voimassaoleva, oikeellinen (fi)
- French: valide (fr)
- Galician: válido (gl), valedeiro
- Georgian: მართებული (martebuli), მისაღები (misaɣebi), სწორი (sc̣ori)
- German: gültig (de)
- Greek: έγκυρος (el) (égkyros), αποδεκτός (el) (apodektós)
- Hungarian: érvényes (hu)
- Icelandic: gildur (is)
- Irish: bailí
- Italian: valido (it)
- Japanese: 有効な (ja) (ゆうこうな, yūkō na), 妥当な (だとうな, datō na)
- Korean: 유효하다 (yuhyohada), 유효(有效) (ko) (yuhyo)
- Macedonian: важечки (važečki)
- Malay: sah (ms)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gyldig
- Polish: ważny (pl), poprawny (pl), prawidłowy (pl), aktualny (pl)
- Portuguese: válido (pt)
- Romanian: valid (ro), valabil (ro)
- Russian: действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj), корректный (ru) (korrektnyj), правильный (ru) (pravilʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ва́же̄ћӣ
- Latin: vážēćī
- Slovak: platný
- Slovene: veljaven
- Spanish: válido (es), comisorio (Spanish)
- Swahili: halali (sw)
- Swedish: giltig (sv)
- Ukrainian: ді́йсний (díjsnyj), дійови́й (dijovýj)
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related to the current topic — see relevantReferences
- "validity", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. F. L. Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. p. 1667.
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɑːˈlid]
- Hyphenation: va‧lid
Noun
valid (definite accusative validi, plural validlər)
- (Classical Azerbaijani) father
- Synonym: ata
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin validus.
Adjective
valid (neuter validt, plural and definite singular attributive valide)
- valid
Inflection
Inflection of valid
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1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
See also
References
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
valid (strong nominative masculine singular valider, not comparable)
- valid
Declension
Further reading
- “valid” in Duden online
- “valid”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[3] (in German)
Indonesian
Etymology
From English valid, 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvalɪt̪]
- Hyphenation: va‧lid
Noun
valid (plural valid-valid)
- valid
- Synonyms: berlaku, sahih
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Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Adjective
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
- valid
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Adjective
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
- valid
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French valide.
Pronunciation
Adjective
valid m or n (feminine singular validă, masculine plural valizi, feminine/neuter plural valide)
- valid
Declension
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