valid
adjEtymology
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”).
- derived from *h₂welh₁-✻
- derived from validus
- borrowed from valide
Definitions
Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
Acceptable, proper or correct
Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.
- Do not drive without a valid license.
Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
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Of a formula or system
Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
Of an argument
Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.
Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
The neighborhood
- synonymacceptable
- synonymallowable
- synonymlegit
- synonymlegitimate
- synonymleveful
- synonymlicit
- synonympermissible
- synonymrightful
- synonymrulable
- synonymtrue
- synonymvalid
- antonyminvalid
- antonymnonvalid
- antonymdisallowed
- antonymillegitimate
- antonymillicit
- antonymnonstandard
- antonymnude
- antonymnull
- antonymnull and void
- antonymunvalid
- antonymvoid
- neighborvalidate
- neighborvalidation
- neighborvalidator
- neighborvalidness
- neighborcompatible
- neighborcompliant
- neighborconformant
- neighborstandard
- neighborsuitable
- neighbororthodox
- neighborlawful
- neighborpolite
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at valid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at valid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at valid
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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