Valid Meaning
/ˈvælɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWell-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
adjAcceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
Sentence Examples
You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.
The ticket is valid for a week.
Do you have a valid passport?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge ruled that the contract was legally ____ because it was signed by both parties.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please make sure that you have a ____ passport before you travel to another country this summer vacation today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid 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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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?"
— 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge ruled that the contract was legally ____ because it was signed by both parties.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please make sure that you have a ____ passport before you travel to another country this summer vacation today.