valid

Meaning

  1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
  2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
  3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
  4. Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
  5. Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
  6. Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvælɪd/
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”).

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