validity
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valid (ˈvælɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having some foundation; based on truth |
| 2. | legally acceptable: a valid licence |
| 3. | a. having legal force; effective |
| b. having legal authority; binding | |
| 4. | having some force or cogency: a valid point in a debate |
| 5. | logic Compare invalid (of an inference or argument) having premises and conclusion so related that whenever the former are true the latter must also be true, esp (formally valid) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid |
| 6. | archaic healthy or strong |
| [C16: from Latin validus robust, from valēre to be strong] | |
| 'validly | |
| —adv | |
| validity | |
| —n | |
| 'validness | |
| —n | |
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Validity
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
validity
c.1550, from M.Fr. validité, from L. validitatem (nom. validitas) "strength," from validus (see valid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
And you wonder why intelligent people are questioning the scientific community's validity as they are.
These efforts will be replaced by the validity of ideas of merit thoroughly studied by the voters.
Before considering the validity of this idea, its origins should be noted.
Probability does pervade the universe-and in this sense, the old chestnut about baseball imitating life really has validity.
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