veritable
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl
Adjective
True; genuine.
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He is a veritable genius.
A fair is a veritable smorgasbord.
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The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
As an intensifier: absolute, indisputable.
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From 1748, a veritable troop of elocution experts declared war on Scots diction, providing inspirational lectures, books and yet more lists for diligent anglophiles to memorise.
Adjective
often used as intensifiers
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a regular morass of details
a regular nincompoop
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he's a veritable swine
not counterfeit or copied
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an authentic signature
a bona fide manuscript
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an unquestionable antique
photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
Word forms
more veritablemost veritable