what does substantiate mean?
SUBSTANTIATE as VERB
- Meaning
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
Usage Example(s)
- The president’’s trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country
Hypernyms(s) substantiate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
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- Meaning
- make real or concrete
- give reality or substance to
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Usage Example(s)
- our ideas must be substantiated into actions
Hypernyms(s) substantiate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
Hypernyms(s) substantiate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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