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valid
/ˈvælɪd/
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What does valid mean?
adjective
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvælɪd/
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Mrs. Kronborg did not have any particular zest for prayer-meetings, and she stayed at home whenever she had a valid excuse.
This argument may be valid in the abstract, but the following considerations will show that it is subject to very many modifications.
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Too much dinner is considered a fair excuse for losing at chess, but no dinner at all is not a valid plea.
As a fact in the sequence of development, therefore, the distinction is a substantial one and rests on sufficiently valid and cogent grounds.
I think it would puzzle the most austere of the Sunday legislators to assign any valid reason for opposing so sensible a proposition.