Meaning of "invalid" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INVALID

From Latin invalidus infirm, from in-1 + validus strong.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF INVALID

invalid  [ˈɪnvəˌliːd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVALID

Invalid is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb invalid in English.

WHAT DOES INVALID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Invalid

Invalid may refer to: ▪ Patient, a sick person ▪ one who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury ▪.invalid, a top-level Internet domain not intended for real use As the opposite of valid: ▪ Validity, in logic, true premises cannot lead to a false conclusion ▪ Validity, a measure which is measuring what it is supposed to measure...

Definition of invalid in the English dictionary

The first definition of invalid in the dictionary is a person suffering from disablement or chronic ill health. Other definition of invalid is suffering from or disabled by injury, sickness, etc. Invalid is also to cause to become an invalid; disable.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INVALID

PRESENT

Present

I invalid

you invalid

he/she/it invalids

we invalid

you invalid

they invalid

Present continuous

I am invaliding

you are invaliding

he/she/it is invaliding

we are invaliding

you are invaliding

they are invaliding

Present perfect

I have invalided

you have invalided

he/she/it has invalided

we have invalided

you have invalided

they have invalided

Present perfect continuous

I have been invaliding

you have been invaliding

he/she/it has been invaliding

we have been invaliding

you have been invaliding

they have been invaliding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I invalided

you invalided

he/she/it invalided

we invalided

you invalided

they invalided

Past continuous

I was invaliding

you were invaliding

he/she/it was invaliding

we were invaliding

you were invaliding

they were invaliding

Past perfect

I had invalided

you had invalided

he/she/it had invalided

we had invalided

you had invalided

they had invalided

Past perfect continuous

I had been invaliding

you had been invaliding

he/she/it had been invaliding

we had been invaliding

you had been invaliding

they had been invaliding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will invalid

you will invalid

he/she/it will invalid

we will invalid

you will invalid

they will invalid

Future continuous

I will be invaliding

you will be invaliding

he/she/it will be invaliding

we will be invaliding

you will be invaliding

they will be invaliding

Future perfect

I will have invalided

you will have invalided

he/she/it will have invalided

we will have invalided

you will have invalided

they will have invalided

Future perfect continuous

I will have been invaliding

you will have been invaliding

he/she/it will have been invaliding

we will have been invaliding

you will have been invaliding

they will have been invaliding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would invalid

you would invalid

he/she/it would invalid

we would invalid

you would invalid

they would invalid

Conditional continuous

I would be invaliding

you would be invaliding

he/she/it would be invaliding

we would be invaliding

you would be invaliding

they would be invaliding

Conditional perfect

I would have invalid

you would have invalid

he/she/it would have invalid

we would have invalid

you would have invalid

they would have invalid

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been invaliding

you would have been invaliding

he/she/it would have been invaliding

we would have been invaliding

you would have been invaliding

they would have been invaliding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you invalid
we let´s invalid
you invalid

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to invalid

Past participle

invalided

Present Participle

invaliding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «INVALID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «invalid» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of invalid

ailing · baseless · bedridden · challenged · convalescent · disabled · fallacious · false · feeble · frail · ill · ill-founded · illogical · infirm · inoperative · irrational · nugatory · null · patient · poorly · sick · sickly · sufferer · unfounded · unscientific · unsound · untenable · untrue · valetudinarian · void · weak · worthless

TRANSLATION OF INVALID

Find out the translation of invalid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of invalid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «invalid» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 病人
• Translator English - Spanish: inválido
• English: invalid
• Translator English - Hindi: अमान्य
• Translator English - Arabic: مَرِيضٌ
• Translator English - Russian: инвалид
• Translator English - Portuguese: inválido
• Translator English - Bengali: অকার্যকর
• Translator English - French: malade
• Translator English - Malay: Tidak sah
• Translator English - German: Invalide
• Translator English - Japanese: 病人
• Translator English - Korean: 병약자
• Translator English - Javanese: Bener
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người bệnh tật
• Translator English - Tamil: தவறான
• Translator English - Marathi: अवैध
• Translator English - Turkish: geçersiz
• Translator English - Italian: invalido
• Translator English - Polish: inwalida
• Translator English - Ukrainian: інвалід
• Translator English - Romanian: invalid
• Translator English - Greek: ανάπηρος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ongeldig
• Translator English - Swedish: invalid
• Translator English - Norwegian: invalid

8 QUOTES WITH «INVALID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word invalid.

1

Stephen Cole

I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never met in the real world - who get trapped in a shared dreamscape when they fall asleep. It's called 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr.

2

Peter Maxwell Davies

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense.

3

Juliette Lewis

The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.

4

Joanna Newsom

It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it's invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band.

5

Wilhelm Ostwald

In specific circumstances the period of aging decline can set in earlier in a particular organ than in the organism as a whole which, in a certain general or theoretical sense, is left a cripple or invalid.

6

George Saunders

I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is only actualized by the accretion of particular details, and the specificity of these details renders whatever conclusions the story reaches invalid for wider application.

7

Gough Whitlam

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

8

Marguerite Yourcenar

Every invalid is a prisoner.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVALID»

Discover the use of invalid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to invalid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Invalid Women: Figuring Feminine Illness in American Fiction ...

A provocative study based on imaginative historical research and very fine close readings. The book provides a useful American complement to Helena Michie's The Flesh Made Word and Margaret Homans's Bearing the World.

Diane Price Herndl, 1993

The Imaginary Invalid

A hypochondriac, victimized by pompous physicians, tests the loyalty of a loving daughter and discovers the contempt of his scheming and greedy second wife.

Molière, 2012

The Civil War Letters of Colonel Charles F. Johnson, Invalid ...

This volume brings together some 150 letters written by Colonel Charles F. Johnson, an officer who served with the 18th Veteran Reserve Corps after sustaining debilitating wounds during the Seven Day's Battles in June 1862.

Charles Francis Johnson, Fred Pelka, 2004

Handbook of Invalid Cooking

Mary Boland's 1898 handbook is a practical guide for nurses and all others who care for the sick, providing instruction in the proper feeding to promote health and well-being.

Mary Boland, 2008

The Imaginary Invalid

THE STORY: In Molière's outrageous satire of medicine and its practitioners, the wealthy Argan, to put it mildly, enjoys poor health.

‎2006

Is the New Mass of Pope Paul VI Invalid?

In these two erroneous presumptions, necessity exists in neither one. Now, a true logical equation reads thus: IF the use of “for all” renders the sacrament invalid (a ), THEN it necessitates a change in signification (b). This is true as formulated.

Adam Miller, 2006

Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach

Because the standard error of ˆ1 is an estimate of the standard deviation of ˆ 1 , using the usual OLS standard error in the presence of serial correlation is invalid. Therefore, t statistics are no longer valid for testing single hypotheses. Since a ...

Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2008

Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815

According to the Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives, "many of these pensioners were Revolutionary War veterans whose papers were presumably destroyed in the War Department fires of 1800 and 1814.

Murtie June Clark, 1991

A supplement to the first and second parts of Lay-baptism ...

... Degrees of greater or lejfer ] " in the Validity or Invalidity of Sacraments, which " cannot be partly Valid, and partly Invalid." From which Concession, we gain thus much from his Lordfliip at least, That if Baptism by a never commissions Person, ...

Roger Laurence, Joseph Bingham, 1714

Invalid Argument

Shoppers mob a large man trying in vain to get out of his ostentatious vehicle, which he's parked in a disabled parking space without a disabled sticker.But they're in for a big surprise when they discover the truth.

Hilary C. T. Walker, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVALID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term invalid is used in the context of the following news items.

IMMIGRATION: Confusion, panic as some immigrants must return …

IMMIGRATION: Confusion, panic as some immigrants must return invalid work permits. Immigration officials said about 2,100 DACA recipients ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»

Loan with big payback could be declared invalid : News

There's a principle in the law called "unconscionability" under which a judge can declare any contract or provision invalid for that reason, and ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»

County BOE Says Thousands Of ResponsibleOhio Petition … - WCBE

Officials say the invalid signatures collected by the group ResponsibleOhio were not registered or did not have a valid address. The group ... «WCBE 90.5 FM, Jul 15»

than half of Responsible Ohio petition signatures deemed invalid

... registered and more than 26,000 of the signatures were not a valid address. Here is the list of reasons the signatures were deemed invalid: «NBC4i.com, Jul 15»

Rovi (ROVI) Announces Court Finds 5 Patents Invalid in Litigation vs …

Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) today provided an update on ongoing litigation against Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX). Rovi has been ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»

Letter: A good vote and an invalid one - Berkshire Eagle Online

Which reminds me of the invalid vote taken on June 9 that denied Tony Chojnowski (owner of Casablanca) to build an amazing new building ... «Berkshire Eagle, Jul 15»

Article Preview: Invalid petition signatures knock Benson off Dem …

MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Legislator Gene Benson is off the Democratic line for the November election ballot, he told the Times Herald ... «Times Herald-Record, Jul 15»

Registered trademark invalid based on prior copyright infringement

Therefore, the TRAB announced the registration of the mark in dispute should be invalid. King & Wood Mallesons is the trademark attorney ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

Trademark invalid: registering in others' name with no authorisation

What should we concern: registered trademark, filed in the name of others without others' authorisation should be deemed as “obtained ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

Contract Manufacturing Makes Angiomax Patents Invalid Under On …

In The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a transaction with a contract manufacturer gave rise to an on sale bar ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»