| 单词 | valid |
| 释义 | valid (once / 261 pages) adj A valid argument is one that is well-grounded in fact, law or logic. "Their argument for annulment was valid because they had never even met and their marriage was the result of a clerical error at town hall." Something is valid when it can be supported or backed-up, or if it is functional: “She figured her password was valid because she had just set it.” In a legal context, valid means that something is binding or actionable: “At the time of the accident his license was no longer valid, so they impounded his car.” The logical grounding of an argument can be valid: “That’s a valid point about Santa being too large to fit down a chimney.” WORD FAMILYvalid: invalid, validate, valider, validity, validly, validness+/invalid: invalided, invaliding, invalidism, invalidity, invalidly, invalidness, invalids/invalidate: invalidated, invalidates, invalidating, invalidation/invalidation: invalidations/invalidism: invalidisms/invalidity: invalidities/validate: invalidate, validated, validates, validating, validation, validatory/validation: validations/validity: validities USAGE EXAMPLESThe arguments against combining medical and dental benefits, whether valid or otherwise, are primarily financial. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) We should allow exemptions from vaccines only for valid medical reasons. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) When the song ended, she declared, “That was” — she paused to choose a valid but positive adjective — “amazing.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force a valid inference a valid argument a valid contract Syn|Ant legitimate of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful reasonable, sensibleshowing reason or sound judgment bindingexecuted with proper legal authority effectual, legal, soundhaving legal efficacy or force legitimate, logicalbased on known statements or events or conditions reasoned, sound, well-groundedlogically valid validateddeclared or made legally valid invalid having no cogency or legal force illegitimateof marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful bad, uncollectiblenot capable of being collected fallacious, unsoundcontaining or based on a fallacy falseerroneous and usually accidental invalidated, nullifieddeprived of legal force null, voidlacking any legal or binding force sophistic, sophisticalplausible but misleading 2adj still legally acceptable the license is still valid Syn unexpired not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time |
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