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 (computing) that is accepted by the system:
a valid password
OPPINVALID
validly adverb:
The contract had been validly drawn up. * It can be validly argued that they were not to blame.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is valid a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, valid is tagged as adjective.
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