Meaning

Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent..

Definitions by Sense

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. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
6. (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

Example Sentences

I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.

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?

A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.

Do not drive without a valid license.

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.

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• most valid

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Use valid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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