valid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French valide
Adjective[edit]
valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
- Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, 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.
- 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164:
- 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) A formula or system that evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- (logic) 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (in logic: formula which evaluates to true regardless of its input values): tautological
Antonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
well grounded or justifiable, pertinent
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acceptable, proper or correct
related to the current topic
Norwegian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
valid
