valid reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvalidandreason
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valid
adjective
uk/ˈvæl.ɪd/us/ˈvæl.ɪd/
based on truth or reason; able to ...
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reason
noun
uk/ˈriː.zən/us/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofvalidandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvalid reason
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It is avalidreason, but it is certainly not the most interesting one.
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The first date that she suggested was not convenient for me for avalidreason.
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We have novalidreasonto exclude this infection from our calculations.
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Is this avalidreason?
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This is not avalidreason.
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That was a perfectlyvalidreason.
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There seems to be novalidreason.
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Surely there was somevalidreason.
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What is avalidreasonfor that?
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That would indeed be avalidreason.
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There is novalidreasonfor that.
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That is not avalidreason.
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There must be avalidreason.
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Is there anyvalidreasonfor that?
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He has produced novalidreasonfor doing so.
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That was done for a veryvalidreason.
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There is novalidreasonwhy we should be divided.
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It is a reason, but not avalidreason.
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That is a purely technical but neverthelessvalidreason.
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There is avalidreasonfor their opposition.
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There is a veryvalidreasonfor this.
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Departures therefrom may not occur without anyvalidreason.
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There seems to be novalidreasonfor doing so.
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I see novalidreasonfor the difference in treatment.
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I believe that to be a veryvalidreason.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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