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Word: Veritable
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, from verite ‘truth’ (see verity). Early senses included ‘true’ and ‘speaking the truth’, later ‘genuine, actual’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvɛrɪtəbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor
Short Definition:used for emphasis, often to qualify metaphor
Examples:- the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion
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