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