"veracity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ [UK], /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-veracity.wav [US] Forms: veracities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|véracité}} Middle French véracité, {{der|en|fro|veracitie}} Old French veracitie, {{der|en|ML.|vērācitās|t=truthfulness}} Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), {{der|en|la|vērāx|t=truthful, speaking truth}} Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), {{m|la|vērus|t=true, real}} vērus (“true, real”), {{m|en|very}} very Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities)
  1. (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness. Tags: uncountable Translations ((of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness): صِدْق (ṣidq) [masculine] (Arabic), правди́вост (pravdívost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), veracitat [feminine] (Catalan), pravdomluvnost [feminine] (Czech), oprigtighed [common-gender] (Danish), vereco (Esperanto), todenmukaisuus (Finnish), totuudenmukaisuus (Finnish), véracité [feminine] (French), veracidade [feminine] (Galician), სიმართლე (simartle) (Georgian), უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba) (Georgian), Aufrichtigkeit (German), ειλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) [feminine] (Greek), veracidade [feminine] (Portuguese), правди́вость (pravdívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), veracidad [feminine] (Spanish), sanning (Swedish), uppriktighet (Swedish), katotohanan (Tagalog), బొంకమి (boṅkami) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-veracity-en-noun-WIN~fF75 Disambiguation of '(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness': 93 2 2 1 2
  2. (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth. Tags: countable Translations (something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth): истина (istina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sandhed [common-gender] (Danish), vérité [feminine] (French), verdade [feminine] (Galician), სიმართლე (simartle) (Georgian), უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba) (Georgian), αλήθεια (alítheia) [feminine] (Greek), verdade [feminine] (Portuguese), пра́вда (právda) [feminine] (Russian), sanning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-veracity-en-noun-XnPPtFRt Disambiguation of 'something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth': 5 90 4 1 0
  3. (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision. Tags: uncountable Translations (agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision): достоверност (dostovernost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), todenmukaisuus (Finnish), totuudenmukaisuus (Finnish), exactitude [feminine] (French), exactitude [feminine] (Galician), ακρίβεια (akríveia) [feminine] (Greek), ορθότητα (orthótita) [feminine] (Greek), sanningsenlighet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-veracity-en-noun-XLyTLwaA Disambiguation of 'agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision': 5 4 89 1 1
  4. Act of being exact and accurate. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-veracity-en-noun-pYvGO3X~
  5. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-veracity-en-noun-XnBoYX08 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 1 2 20 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: veraciousness, veridicality, for more, candor, frankness, honesty, sincereness, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity Related terms: post-truth, honest, truth

Inflected forms

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "véracité"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "veracitie"
      },
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "la",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "post-truth"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "honest"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "truth"
    }
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        "English uncountable nouns"
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          "ref": "1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon",
          "text": "Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.",
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        }
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        ],
        [
          "truthfulness",
          "truthfulness"
        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness."
      ],
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        "of a person"
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        "English countable nouns"
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        "Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth."
      ],
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        [
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          "true"
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        [
          "truthful",
          "truthful"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision."
      ],
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        [
          "Agreement",
          "agreement"
        ],
        [
          "fact",
          "fact"
        ],
        [
          "accordance",
          "accordance"
        ],
        [
          "accuracy",
          "accuracy"
        ],
        [
          "precision",
          "precision"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Act of being exact and accurate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "veraciousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "veridicality"
    },
    {
      "word": "for more"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "candor"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "frankness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "honesty"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "sincereness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "sincerity"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "truthfulness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:veracity",
      "word": "veracity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣidq",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صِدْق"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravdívost",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "правди́вост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veracitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pravdomluvnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oprigtighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "vereco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "todenmukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "totuudenmukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "véracité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veracidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simartle",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "სიმართლე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uṭq̇uaroba",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "უტყუარობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "Aufrichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eilikríneia",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ειλικρίνεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veracidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravdívostʹ",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "правди́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veracidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "sanning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "uppriktighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "katotohanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "boṅkami",
      "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
      "word": "బొంకమి"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "istina",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "истина"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sandhed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vérité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verdade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simartle",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "word": "სიმართლე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uṭq̇uaroba",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "word": "უტყუარობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alítheia",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλήθεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verdade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "právda",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́вда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
      "word": "sanning"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostovernost",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "достоверност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "word": "todenmukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "word": "totuudenmukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exactitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exactitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akríveia",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ακρίβεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "orthótita",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ορθότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision",
      "word": "sanningsenlighet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veracity"
}

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