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general::
adj. legally acceptable VERBS be | become | remain, stay | deem sth, hold sth The original written contract was held valid. ADV. still Is your passport still valid? | no longer | legally Is the contract legally valid? PREP. for Vouchers are only valid for races taking place before 31 December. strong and convincing VERBS be, seem | become | remain | accept sth as, consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as We accepted several different approaches as valid. ADV. extremely, very | absolutely, completely, perfectly This is a perfectly valid question to raise. | not entirely | reasonably | equally using a different, but equally valid, technique | universally a universally valid set of moral principles | not necessarily | not strictly That argument is not strictly valid in this case. | still | no longer The old assumptions are no longer valid. | logically, scientifically, statistically a logically valid deduction
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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valid
nouns
point
• I think that's a valid point.
reason
• I had a perfectly valid reason for being there.
argument
• None of these arguments are valid.
criticism
• If the criticism is valid, you should make the appropriate changes.
excuse
• You must have a valid excuse for any absence.
adverbs
equally valid
• Each of these ways of looking at things is equally valid.
perfectly valid
• It's a perfectly valid question.
statistically/scientifically valid
(= based on correct numbers or good research )
• The drug trials were scientifically valid.
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