"soundness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soundnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English soundenes, soundnes, from Old English *sundnes, *ġesundnes (attested in onsundnes), from Proto-West Germanic *sundnassī (“soundness, health”); equivalent to sound + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian sûnens (“soundness, health”), Middle Low German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), Middle High German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), German Gesundnis (“health”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|soundenes}} Middle English soundenes, {{inh|en|ang|*sundnes}} Old English *sundnes, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sundnassī|t=soundness, health}} Proto-West Germanic *sundnassī (“soundness, health”), {{suf|en|sound|ness}} sound + -ness, {{cog|fy|sûnens|t=soundness, health}} West Frisian sûnens (“soundness, health”), {{cog|gml|suntnisse|t=soundness, health}} Middle Low German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), {{cog|gmh|suntnisse|t=soundness, health}} Middle High German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), {{cog|de|Gesundnis|t=health}} German Gesundnis (“health”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soundness (countable and uncountable, plural soundnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sound. Tags: uncountable Translations (the state or quality of being sound): folláine [feminine] (Irish), heilskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), traustleik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rettkomenskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rettvise [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), trăinicie [feminine] (Romanian), soliditate [feminine] (Romanian), robustețe [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-soundness-en-noun-NUxvLPl6 Disambiguation of 'the state or quality of being sound': 93 4 1 2
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sound. Tags: countable Translations (the result or product of being sound): heilskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), traustleik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rettkomenskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rettvise [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), soliditate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-soundness-en-noun-fKYfFIF- Disambiguation of 'the result or product of being sound': 9 88 1 2
  3. (logic) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-soundness-en-noun-1vUGRIzn Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  4. (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢φ is true, then T⊨φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (the property of logical theory): completesa (Catalan), completitud [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-soundness-en-noun-QHb~p3vZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 10 19 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 27 13 14 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 10 17 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 9 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 4 9 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 10 17 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 9 14 67 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'the property of logical theory': 8 0 26 66

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the property of logical theory",
      "word": "completesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the property of logical theory",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "completitud"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soundness"
}

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