validity
noun
Simple meaning
Having legal force or effectiveness.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
vuhliduhteeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
vəˈlɪdəti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
The quality of having legal force or effectiveness
State of having legal force.
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.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
Used this way, validity is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use validity
- “The lawyer questioned the validity of the document presented in court.”
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