validity
pronunciation
How to pronounce validity in British English:
UK [vəˈlɪdəti]
How to pronounce validity in American English:
US [vəˈlɪdəti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being logically valid
- the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
Word Origin
- validity (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French validité or directly from Late Latin validitatem (nominative validitas) "strength," from Latin validus (see valid).
Example
- 1. The committee is examining the legality and validity of management decisions on past deals .
- 2. There is some validity to both of these points .
- 3. The hearing , scheduled to run for eight weeks , centres on the validity of conflicting wills .
- 4. Relativism is the concept that points of view have no absolute truth or validity .
- 5. The legal meaning and validity of all euro-denominated contracts and instruments would be up for grabs .