"veracity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ [UK], /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-veracity.wav 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”) 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 Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 37 3 3 17 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 3 4 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 3 4 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 37 3 4 17 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 3 3 17 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 34 3 4 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 36 3 3 17 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 38 2 4 16 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 35 3 4 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 35 3 3 17 43 Disambiguation of '(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness': 93 2 2 1 3
  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
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  5. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action. Tags: countable, uncountable
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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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          "word": "სიმართლე"
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          "roman": "uṭq̇uaroba",
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          "word": "Aufrichtigkeit"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "eilikríneia",
          "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
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          "sense": "(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness",
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          "word": "veracidade"
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          "roman": "pravdívostʹ",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "roman": "istina",
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          "word": "vérité"
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          "word": "სიმართლე"
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          "word": "αλήθεια"
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          "sense": "something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth",
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          ],
          "word": "verdade"
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          "roman": "právda",
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          "word": "пра́вда"
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          "roman": "akríveia",
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          "word": "ακρίβεια"
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          "roman": "orthótita",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ορθότητα"
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      "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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