soundness

CEFRB2

/sˈaʊndnəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being strong, healthy, sensible, or reliable.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises.

Examples

  • He who guards the soundness of his mind keeps his life.

  • The bank's actions seemed to assure investors about the soundness of the governmental bonds.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The result or product of being sound.

  2. The state or quality of being sound.

  3. The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢φ is true, then T⊨φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English soundenes, soundnes, from Old English *sundnes, *ġesundnes (attested in onsundnes), from Proto-West Germanic *sundnassī (“soundness, health”); equivalent to sound + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian sûnens (“soundness, health”), Middle Low German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), Middle High German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), German Gesundnis (“health”).