"substantiate" meaning in English

See substantiate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səbˈstænʃieɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səbˈstænʃiˌeɪt/ [Canada, General-American], [səbˈstɛənʃiˌeɪt] [Canada, General-American], /səbˈstænʃiæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantiate.wav Forms: substantiates [present, singular, third-person], substantiating [participle, present], substantiated [participle, past], substantiated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|substantiatus||given substance}} Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} substantiate (third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)
  1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate Tags: transitive Translations (to authenticate or corroborate): потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), belægge (Danish), onderbouwen (Dutch), tõendama (Estonian), todistaa (Finnish), tukea (Finnish), vahvistaa (Finnish), todentaa (Finnish), osoittaa (Finnish), beglaubigen (German), bestätigen (German), substantiieren (German), untermauern (German), igazol (Hungarian), bizonyít (Hungarian), dimostrare (Italian), grįsti (Lithuanian), pagrįsti (Lithuanian), whakatūturu (Maori), doğrulamak (Turkish), tasdik etmek (Turkish), tahakkuk etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-substantiate-en-verb-dJzUDstL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'to authenticate or corroborate': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents Tags: transitive Translations (to record in documents): bekräftigen (German), verwirklichen (German), τεκμηριώνω (tekmirióno) (Greek), documentare (Italian), засвидетельствовать (zasvidetelʹstvovatʹ) (Russian), gerçekleşmek (Turkish), gerçekleştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-substantiate-en-verb-3In~qbGM Disambiguation of 'to record in documents': 2 98

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to authenticate or corroborate",
      "word": "tahakkuk etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "bekräftigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "verwirklichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tekmirióno",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "τεκμηριώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "documentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasvidetelʹstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "засвидетельствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "gerçekleşmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to record in documents",
      "word": "gerçekleştirmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "substantiate"
}

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