give sth validity

Frequency: 7.210.4 per million words

To provide something with credibility or legitimacy.

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Examples (10)

  • The new evidence will give their argument validity.
  • Her extensive research gives her claims considerable validity.
  • We need to find data that can give our hypothesis statistical validity.
  • The court's decision gave the contract legal validity.
  • By publishing the findings, they hoped to give their theory wider validity.
  • Does his personal experience give his advice any validity?
  • To give the study more validity, they included a larger sample size.
  • The eyewitness account gives the police report additional validity.
  • He tried to give his excuses some validity, but no one believed him.
  • A strong methodology will always give your results greater validity.