UNDERPIN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • support from beneath

    Hypernyms(s) underpin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

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    Usage Example(s)
    • The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

    Hypernyms(s) underpin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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