Alongside this, a system is needed to give validity, and thus all-important public credibility, to the grades awarded by teacher assessment.

With sophistication and authority in his collection for spring and summer, he gave validity to couture, the high end of the fashion industry.

It also establishes a process that gives greater clarity and validity to patents issued.

This seemed to give validity to the stories that Pontiac's days were numbered.

John Wooden's appearance on championship night gave validity to the notion.

They gave new validity to the American dream of college for everybody.

I still have many supporters, and my presence will give validity to your own.

To have one accompany the expedition would give the team instant validity.

Everyday observation of the association of one idea or memory with another gives a face validity to the notion.

"We're not going to give validity to WikiLeaks," he said.