valid

English

Etymology

From Middle French valide

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

   I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.

2. Acceptable, proper or correct.

   A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.

   Do not drive without a valid license.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) A formula or system that evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) An argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

Antonyms

• invalid

Related terms

• validate
• validation
• validator

Translations

well grounded or justifiable, pertinent

Estonian: põhjendatud (et)

Hungarian: alapos, megalapozott, indokolt Romanian: valid (ro)

acceptable, proper or correct

Arabic: شرعي (šáraʕi) Chinese: 有效的 (yǒuxiào-de) Croatian: važeći (hr) Czech: platný (cs) Dutch: geldig (nl) Estonian: korrektne (et), õigustatud (et) Finnish: kelpaava, pätevä, voimassa oleva, voimassaoleva French: valide (fr) Galician: válido (gl) German: gültig (de)

Hungarian: érvényes (hu) Icelandic: gildur (is) Italian: valido (it) Japanese: 有効な (ゆうこうな, yūkō-na) Korean: 유효한 (yuhyohan) Polish: ważny (pl) Portuguese: válido (pt) Romanian: valid (ro) Russian: действительный (dejstvítel’nyj) Spanish: válido (es) Swedish: giltig (sv)

related to the current topic

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Norwegian

Adjective

valid

1. valid