Valid ˈvælɪd Passport Bus Pass Adjective Bre Month

• a valid passport
• a bus pass valid for 1 month
• they have a valid claim to compensation.
• she had valid reasons for not supporting the proposals.

valid

1. that is legally or officially acceptable
• a valid passport
• a bus pass valid for 1 month
• They have a valid claim to compensation.
2. based on what is logical or true
• She had valid reasons for not supporting the proposals.
• The point you make is perfectly valid.
3. that is accepted by the system
• a valid password

Extra Examples

• Is your passport still valid?
• That argument is not strictly valid in this case.
• The agreement is not necessarily valid in other countries.
• The old assumptions are no longer valid.
• The original written contract was held valid.
• These discounts are valid for travel within the continental United States.
• This is a perfectly valid question to raise.
• Vouchers are only valid for races taking place before 31 December.
• We accepted several different approaches as valid.
• We use a different, but equally valid, technique.
• a logically valid deduction
• a universally valid set of moral principles
• Accepting valid criticism is an important part of the learning process.
• Do you have a valid passport?
• He bought a bus pass valid for one month.
• I’m afraid that’s not a valid excuse for missing the deadline.
• Of course we’ll listen to your complaints, as long as they’re valid.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: from French valide or Latin validus ‘strong’, from valere ‘be strong’.