单词 | validity |
释义 | validity (once / 1749 pages) n When you test something's validity, you see if it holds true. Are these really the best chocolate chip cookies in the world? You might enjoy testing the validity of this statement. The noun validity means genuine or authentic, but it also has a legal meaning: having legal force. Your family asked the judge to determine the validity of your grandfather's will because they weren't sure he was legally allowed to leave all his worldly goods to "the little green men from Mars." Related words include the adjective "valid" and its antonym "invalid," as well as the verb "validate." WORD FAMILYvalidity: validities+/invalid: invalided, invaliding, invalidism, invalidity, invalidly, invalidness, invalids/invalidate: invalidated, invalidates, invalidating, invalidation/invalidation: invalidations/invalidism: invalidisms/invalidity: invalidities/valid: invalid, validate, valider, validity, validly, validness/validate: invalidate, validated, validates, validating, validation, validatory/validation: validations USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Maduro was forced to modify his fiat, extending the currency’s validity to Jan. 2 and reopening the borders. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) But as Cohen acknowledges, “the community is definitely polarized” over the validity of these ideas. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Reuters confirmed the validity of the video with two senior Taliban figures based in Afghanistan. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) 1n the quality of being valid and rigorous Syn|Hyper cogency, rigor, rigour believability, credibility, credibleness the quality of being believable or trustworthy 2n the property of being strong and healthy in constitution Syn|Hyper hardiness, lustiness, robustness strength the property of being physically or mentally strong 3n the quality of having legal force or effectiveness Syn|Hypo|Hyper validness effect, force (of a law) having legal validity legality lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute |
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