"valid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvælɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-valid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more valid [comparative], most valid [superlative]
Rhymes: -ælɪd Etymology: Borrowed 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 *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=rule}}, {{bor|en|frm|valide||healthy, sound, in good order}} Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), {{der|en|la|validus}} Latin validus, {{suffix|la|valeō|idus|gloss1=I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth|nocat=1}} valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) + -idus, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-||be strong}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
  1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. Translations (well grounded or justifiable, pertinent): обоснован (obosnovan) (Bulgarian), vàlid (Catalan), valid (Danish), põhjendatud (Estonian), válido (Galician), valedeiro (Galician), დასაბუთებული (dasabutebuli) (Georgian), მოქმედი (mokmedi) (Georgian), alapos (Hungarian), megalapozott (Hungarian), indokolt (Hungarian), valid (Indonesian), bailí (Irish), whaimana (Maori), whaitake (Maori), valid (Romanian), válido (Spanish), valedero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-~aOjwhNz Disambiguation of 'well grounded or justifiable, pertinent': 90 1 6 2 1 1
  2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules. Translations (acceptable, proper or correct): شَرَعِيّ (šaraʕiyy) (Arabic), վավեր (vaver) (Armenian), keçərli (Azerbaijani), дзе́йсны (dzjéjsny) (Belarusian), сапра́ўдны (sapráŭdny) (Belarusian), вали́ден (valíden) (Bulgarian), действи́телен (dejstvítelen) (Bulgarian), vàlid (Catalan), 有效的 (yǒuxiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), platný (Czech), gyldig (Danish), geldig (Dutch), valida (Esperanto), korrektne (Estonian), õigustatud (Estonian), kelpaava (Finnish), pätevä (Finnish), voimassa oleva (Finnish), voimassaoleva (Finnish), oikeellinen (Finnish), valide (French), válido (Galician), valedeiro (Galician), მართებული (martebuli) (Georgian), მისაღები (misaɣebi) (Georgian), სწორი (sc̣ori) (Georgian), gültig (German), έγκυρος (égkyros) (Greek), αποδεκτός (apodektós) (Greek), érvényes (Hungarian), gildur (Icelandic), bailí (Irish), valido (Italian), 有効な (yūkō na) (alt: ゆうこうな) (Japanese), 유효하다 (yuhyohada) (Korean), 유효 (yuhyo) (alt: 有效) (Korean), важечки (važečki) (Macedonian), sah (Malay), gyldig (Norwegian Bokmål), ważny (Polish), poprawny (Polish), prawidłowy (Polish), aktualny (Polish), válido (Portuguese), valid (Romanian), valabil (Romanian), действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), ва́же̄ћӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vážēćī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), platný (Slovak), veljaven (Slovene), válido (Spanish), giltig (Swedish), ді́йсний (díjsnyj) (Ukrainian), дійови́й (dijovýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-X12Y928h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 38 7 36 7 5 Disambiguation of 'acceptable, proper or correct': 1 95 1 1 1 1
  3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-MosCl0Lr
  4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values. Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-safXbrye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 38 7 36 7 5 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true. Categories (topical): Logic Hyponyms (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-3KfwBOhN Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true': 2 5 4 10 78 3
  6. (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament. Categories (topical): Christianity, Theology
    Sense id: en-valid-en-adj-jKizoCV~ Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: validate, validation, validator

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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?",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "valido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうこうな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūkō na",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "有効な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuhyohada",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "유효하다"
    },
    {
      "alt": "有效",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuhyo",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "유효"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "važečki",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "важечки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "sah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "gyldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "ważny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "poprawny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "prawidłowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "aktualny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "válido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "valid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "valabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "действи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ва́же̄ћӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vážēćī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "platný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "veljaven"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "válido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "giltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "díjsnyj",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "ді́йсний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dijovýj",
      "sense": "acceptable, proper or correct",
      "word": "дійови́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "valid"
}

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