Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

validity

[vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
va-lid-i-ty
IPA
[vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti]
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

State of having legal force.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: [vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti]

Usage

Inflected Forms

validities (plural)

Derived Forms

nonvalidity

Phrases

face validity formal validity

Synonyms

validness cogency rigor rigour

Rhymes With

humidity liquidity acidity rigidity morbidity fluidity solidity rapidity timidity turbidity superfluidity city

Questions

How do you pronounce validity?
The recorded pronunciation is [vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti].
What does validity mean?
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
Where does validity come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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