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   veritable

   /ˈvɛrɪtəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor: "the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from verite ‘truth’ (see verity). Early senses included ‘true’ and ‘speaking the truth’, later ‘genuine, actual’.

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   • 1. veritably adverb

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   What does it mean if something is veritable?

   • When something is veritable it is true, or at least feels that way. "The trees and lights turned the campus into a veritable wonderland" means that the campus seemed to be transformed into a true wonderland (if there is such a thing). Veritable comes from the Latin veritas which means true.

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   Where did the word veritable come from?

   • According to Etymonline, the word veritable originated in the early 15th century in Middle English. This word comes from the Angle-French and Old French veritable, which means true, real, or honest. This word was lost in the mid 17th century but was revived around 1830. Also per Etymonline, the word veritable comes from the word verity.

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   What is a veritable feast?

   • All feasts should be veritable. You can use veritable to emphasize the size, amount, or nature of something. ...a veritable feast of entertainment. 2 meanings: 1. (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically) 2. rare genuine or true; proper.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does verdadeiro mean?

   • verdadeiro… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! VERITABLE definition: 1. used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of…. Learn more.

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   VERITABLE definition: 1. used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of…. Learn more.

   • English (US)

     VERITABLE meaning: 1. used to describe something as another,...

   • Znaczenie Veritable, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     veritable definicja: 1. used to describe something as...

   • Traditional

     VERITABLE translate: 十足的，不折不扣的;名副其實的. Learn more in the...

   • Veritable: Polish Translation

     veritable translate: prawdziwy. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Veritable in Simplified Chinese

     VERITABLE translate: 十足的，不折不扣的;名副其实的. Learn more in the...

   • Kaleidoscope

     KALEIDOSCOPE definition: 1. a toy in the shape of a tube,...

   • Veritable in Russian

     VERITABLE translate: настоящий, сущий . Learn more in the...

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   When something is veritable it is true, or at least feels that way. "The trees and lights turned the campus into a veritable wonderland" means that the campus seemed to be transformed into a true wonderland (if there is such a thing).

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   veritable: [adjective] being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary.

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   Veritable definition: being truly or very much so. See examples of VERITABLE used in a sentence.

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   VERITABLE definition: used to emphasize how extreme something is: . Learn more.

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