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veritable

[ ver-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. being truly or very much so:

    a veritable triumph.

    Synonyms: utter, genuine, real

  2. Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale.


veritable

/ ˈvɛrɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)

    he's a veritable swine!

  2. rare.
    genuine or true; proper

    I require veritable proof



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Derived Forms

  • ˈveritably, adverb
  • ˈveritableness, noun

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Other Words From

  • veri·ta·ble·ness noun
  • veri·ta·bly adverb
  • non·veri·ta·ble adjective
  • non·veri·ta·ble·ness noun
  • non·veri·ta·bly adverb
  • un·veri·ta·ble adjective
  • un·veri·ta·ble·ness noun
  • un·veri·ta·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of veritable1

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See verity, -able

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Word History and Origins

Origin of veritable1

C15: from Old French, from vérité truth; see verity

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Example Sentences

And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.

One of the stores Pragnell is referring to is Bodega Mi Amiga, a veritable institution on Via Porras in downtown Panama City.

Selter, on the other hand, has turned her butt selfies—and the buzz they generate—into a veritable business.

A drive to the Snæfellsnes peninsula—seriously, these names—is a veritable coastline journey to the center of the Earth.

In a veritable Mapplethorpe renaissance, two exhibitions have launched in tandem dedicated to his work.

We are literally correct in saying that a veritable revolution has already been effected—and the end is not yet.

Robertson was a veritable Hotspur and upset for a time the serenity of our meetings.

And really, the little dove-cote, as Mrs. Prentice had called their new home, was a veritable love of a place!

She turned from him with overflowing heart, stifling her tears, but with a veritable volcano of emotion within her young breast.

A veritable Judas, preparing to forswear his people and their cause, willing to lie and deny his participation.

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