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validity

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /vəˈlɪd.ᵻ.ti/
  • US: [vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti]
  • US: [vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ɾi]
  • Canada: [vəˈlɪd.ə.ɾi]
  • Australian: [vəˈlɪd.ə.ɾi]
  • Australian: [vəˈlɪɾ.ə.ti]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈʋæ.lɪ.ɖɪ.ʈi/
  • rhymes with -ɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: V AH0 L IH1 D AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: V AH0 L IH1 D IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: validness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

State of having legal force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the quality of being valid and rigorous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cogency, rigor, rigour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: credibility, credibleness, believability

6

noun

Meaning 6

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: validness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legality

Narrower terms: effect, force

7

noun

Meaning 7

the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: robustness, hardiness, lustiness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strength

History

Etymology

From valid + -ity, borrowed from Middle French validité, from Late Latin validitas.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Bulgarian: валидност (validnost) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Catalan: validesa — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Catalan: validitat — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Dutch: geldigheid — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Esperanto: valideco — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Finnish: kelpoisuus — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Finnish: aitous — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Finnish: alkuperäisyys — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • French: validité — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Georgian: სინამდვილე (sinamdvile) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Georgian: ავთენტურობა (avtenṭuroba) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • German: Gültigkeit — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Greek: εγκυρότητα (egkyrótita) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Hindi: वैधता (vaidhtā) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Hindi: मान्यता (mānyatā) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Hungarian: érvényesség — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Ido: valideso — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Indonesian: kesahan — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Irish: bailíocht — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Italian: validità — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Norwegian: gyldighet — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Occitan: validitat — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Persian: اعتبار (e'tebâr) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Portuguese: validez — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Portuguese: validade — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Romanian: validitate — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Russian: де́йствительность (déjstvitelʹnostʹ) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Russian: го́дность (gódnostʹ) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Russian: срок де́йствия (srok déjstvija) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Spanish: validez — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Tagalog: pagkamay-bisa — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Turkish: geçerlilik — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Turkish: geçerlik — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ) — the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
  • Arabic: قَانُونِيَّة (qānūniyya) — having legal force
  • Arabic: مَشْرُوعِيَّة (mašrūʕiyya) — having legal force
  • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — having legal force
  • Bulgarian: законност (zakonnost) — having legal force
  • Finnish: sitovuus — having legal force
  • Finnish: laillisuus — having legal force
  • Finnish: voimassaolo — having legal force
  • Galician: rebor — having legal force
  • Galician: validez — having legal force
  • Georgian: კანონიერება (ḳanoniereba) — having legal force
  • Georgian: მოქმედება (mokmedeba) — having legal force
  • Hungarian: érvényesség — having legal force
  • Indonesian: kesahan — having legal force
  • Norwegian: rettsgyldighet — having legal force
  • Polish: aktualność — having legal force
  • Portuguese: validade — having legal force
  • Romanian: valabilitate — having legal force
  • Romanian: validitate — having legal force
  • Turkish: meşruluk — having legal force
  • Turkish: meşruiyet — having legal force
  • Arabic: صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya) — quality of a measurement
  • Finnish: validiteetti — quality of a measurement
  • Indonesian: kesahihan — quality of a measurement
  • Indonesian: validitas — quality of a measurement
  • Malay: kesahan — quality of a measurement
  • Malay: keesahan — quality of a measurement
  • Norwegian: holdbarhet — quality of a measurement
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