What does validity mean?
Word: Validity
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Validity means how long a ticket, pass or document stays officially acceptable. It also means how far an argument or reason holds up and can be trusted.
Synonyms: legality, force
Antonyms: invalidity
How do you spell validity?
Syllables: va - lid - i - ty
Tricky part: Keep all of valid, with its single l, before the ending is added.
Watch out for: vallidity, valdity, velidity
Memory tip: Think of a valid ticket: validity is how long the ticket stays valid, so the whole of valid sits at the front.
Validity in a sentence
Example 1: Check the validity of your bus pass before the trip.
Example 2: This train ticket has a validity of one day.
Example 3: The teacher questioned the validity of Raj's excuse.
Fun Fact
Valid and validity come from the Latin validus, strong, which is linked to valere, to be strong; English value and valour come from the same family.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
valid____
a) aty
b) ety
c) ity
d) itty
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c) ity. Valid takes ity, just as solid becomes solidity.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) validity
b) signiture
c) document
d) licence
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b) signiture. Signature is sign + ature, with an a straight after the n.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
validity
a) difficulty
b) weakness
c) popularity
d) soundness
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d) soundness. An argument with validity is sound and holds together.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tildivay
a) validate
b) liquidity
c) validity
d) vitality
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c) validity. Vitality has two t's and no d, validate needs a second a and an e, and liquidity needs a q and a u.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The validity of a coupon ends on 31 March. After that date it ____.
a) can be used twice
b) must be signed
c) cannot be used
d) is worth double
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c) cannot be used
2. Doubting the validity of an argument means doubting whether it ____.
a) is new
b) is popular
c) is long enough
d) makes sense
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d) makes sense
